Tuesday the 20th of September GBRAI regular meeting
Hello,
We invite you to tomorrow - Tuesday the 20th - regular community meeting at the Brooklyn Community Centre at 7.30pm. (our Local Candidates meeting is next Tuesday the 27th at 7pm).
Please and attached our Agenda. Draft July minutyes will be available at the meeting.
We seek your continued support and come and hear matters relating to where you live and their impacts such as: proposed huge housing density intensification, WCC intention to move the sewage sludge dewatering plant - at a cost - to Moa Point, council owned landfill extensions, the unfortunate rise of reported crime in wider Brooklyn and other matters of local concern and matters to be resolved.
Yours sincerely,
Carl Savage
Secretary
for and on behalf of
*Greater Brooklyn Residents Association* *Incorporated (GBRAI)*
P: Brooklyn Community Centre, 18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, 6021
E: brooklynresidentswellington@gmail.com
F: *www.facebook.com/brooklynresidentswellington
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You are cordially invited to the next meeting of the Greater Brooklyn Residents Association Inc
Tuesday 20th September 2022 at 7.30 p.m.
Brooklyn Community Centre, RSA Room, 18 Harrison Street
2022-2023 meeting dates - at Brooklyn Community Centre (RSA room)
# Tuesday 20th September 2022
# Tuesday 27th September – Local body Election candidates meeting
# Tuesday 15th November 2022 # Christmas Drinks December 2022
# Tuesday 14th February 2023 # Tuesday 21st March 2023
# Tuesday 16th May 2023 # AGM 20th June 2023
AGENDA
1. Apologies to date: Alex Gray, Matthew Underwood, Perry Aspros, GWRC Roger Blakely
2. Review & approve the Minutes of last meeting (19 July 2022)
3. Finance
4. Correspondence (posted mail to be directed to Brooklyn Community Centre)
a. outwards: engagement with mayoral & southern ward candidates; Landfill extension and sewage sludge dewatering plant proposals; WCC Draft district Plan; Harrison St social housing and turn around area WCC & GWRC trying to get clarity about T&T works
b. Database email/FB/Neighbourly – all of the above
c. inwards – updates on POW reservoir; Ohiro Road/Todman St/Cleveland St intersection WCC officers
5. General Business
(a) Landfills (C & D closed new operator likely; extension of T and T and “Piggy Back option of WCC for the Southern Landfill)
(b) Harrison St turning area update
(c) Ohiro Road/Todman St/Cleveland St intersection traffic update and road works throughout wider Brooklyn
(d) Prince of Wales water reservoir - update
(e) local body election candidates meeting 27 September 2022
(f) civil defence container in central Brooklyn – update
(g) District Plan - submission
(h) Other business
Turning Streets into Stories
We are the Aro Valley Collective, a non- profit working to bring Art Murals to the Valley. We have a PledgeMe page up for the latest Art Mural and we are nearly at 75% of our goal. With 8 days to go we need some more support from Donors so we're reaching out to all lovers of Art, storytelling, nature and basically life!! The PledgeMe page has a video where the Artist Isobel Te Aho-White shares her vision for a stunning Mural that will encompass the St Vinnies Op Shop building, corner of Honiana Te Puni & Aro Streets. Please click through the PledgeMe link (below) to see the Video and if you wish to donate via another method, please get in touch. There's also a raffle that every donor goes into, a signed Rei Hamon print pictured below. Donated by David White, framed by Ron Barber. Our sponsors for materials: Resene and Bunnings. Many thanks Neighbours!
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Poll: Are you still heading to your local for your caffeine fix, or has the $$ changed your habits? ☕
Wellington’s identity is built on its cafe culture, but with costs climbing, that culture is under pressure. We’ve seen the headlines about recent closures, and it’s a tough pill to swallow along with a $6+ coffee.
We all want our favourite spots to stay open, but we also have to balance our own budgets ⚖️
We want to know: How are you handling the "coffee math" in 2026? Are you still heading to your local for a chat and a caffeine fix, or has the cost of living changed your habits?
Keen to read more about "coffee math"? The Post has you covered.
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41.8% I avoid spending money on coffee
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45.5% I still indulge at my local cafe
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12.7% Irrelevant - coffee is not for me
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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