This was announced on today’s GWRC-organised Waikanae River walkover.

Separate care groups have existed for several years for the Waikanae River and the Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve.  Their main tasks are planting new or replacement native shrubs/trees and weeding.  We assume that cleaning up rubbish and dog droppings is (unfortunately) needed, too.

Those interested in doing practical things to enhance the lagoons experience were told to show up at the Barrett Drive bus stop next Sunday at 2 pm.

Those who visited the exhibition in Southward’s Museum over the weekend should have felt they got their $5 worth from the excellent paintings on show, grouped by theme, and within these were a variety of styles.

In addition to the judges’ awards, visitors get to vote for the best painting in show.

According to the Paraparaumu Rotary club:

Each year 300 to 400 paintings enter this prestigious show. A range of valuable prizes are awarded by a well qualified judge for various categories.

All paintings on display are for sale and the commission retained by Rotary is lower than that charged by most art galleries.

The beneficiary of the 2018 Art Show is the Kapiti Performing Arts Centre building fund which was given a $10,000 cheque at the Friday night function.

The Beneficiary of the 2017 Art show was a $10,000 pledge to the New Mahara Gallery Building Fund to enable the Field Collection of paintings to remain in Kapiti.

The beneficiary of the 2016 show was the Kāpiti Performing Arts Centre. A $30,000  donation was made to KPAC on the opening night of the 2016 Art Show and a subsequent donation of $10,000.

Showing why properties around here are eagerly sought after.

Apart from the rolling stock, not a lot has changed which is a good thing as it’s one of Kapiti’s heritage jewels and is something everyone who travels to/from Wellington sees. (Murray Renton photos)

What to preserve, and how to preserve it?

Questions of this sort have long animated residents and politicians around Ku-ring-gai in Sydney’s north – the council does, after all, host an annual St Ives Medieval Faire.

But Ku-ring-gai councillors may not have expected the political joust that has taken place over the past year, after the council started to push for greater heritage protections for hundreds of houses in the area.

Development controversies in Sydney often take the form of community resistance to the willingness of authorities to push communities toward developers and development.

full article in the Sydney Morning Herald

Looking the opposite direction from the previous photo.