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As a long-time resident of Ellerslie, and prior to that Mt Wellington, I love the area so it was with great sadness that I witnessed today the Power of the Almighty Dollar.
When the Racing Club developed the Hunterville/Derby Downs subdivision in 1996, a condition of the development was the … View moreAs a long-time resident of Ellerslie, and prior to that Mt Wellington, I love the area so it was with great sadness that I witnessed today the Power of the Almighty Dollar.
When the Racing Club developed the Hunterville/Derby Downs subdivision in 1996, a condition of the development was the planting of the boundaries along Ladies Mile and along the Racing Club/Hunterville Court boundary. This has produced an environment encouraging bird life including tui, swifts, waxeyes, green finches, fantails to name a few.
For many years the residents have been working with the Ellerslie Racing Club to ensure that their proposed developments were suitable for both the new residents and the existing ones.
We have spent many hundreds of hours studying the documents, submitted to the EPA under the Fast Track Legislation, for the Resource Consent to develop The Hill. This included an arborist report identifying the trees in the development and how they would be protected during construction. Mature native trees on the Racecourse/Hunterville Court boundary, including 8 meter Totora and Kauri trees, were deemed to be on private properties and therefore not to be affected by the development.
A few days ago, the developers, Fletcher Living, did a letterbox drop informing neighbours that they would be starting to clear vegetation on the boundary.
When we asked how they were going to manage the areas around the Kauri trees, subject to the new Kauri hygiene regulations that came into force on the 2nd August, they replied “if the Kauri trees are on Racecourse land they will be removed”.
We have spent the last few days attempting to secure the future of these trees, including offering to purchase the land on which they were growing, or paying to get the trees transplanted elsewhere.
Treescape said that they could transplant the 30 year old Kauri trees, but before that could be arranged I heard a crash, went outside and found the mature natives had been cut down!
Yesterday more than 12 tui were roosting in the large Totora, today they are homeless.
What is the purpose of the Resource Consent Legislation if the power of large companies can circumvent it so easily?
Why do we have Kauri Hygiene regulations to protect the future of our unique Kauri trees, if a large company can ignore the regulations?
It saddens me to realise that the ordinary person has virtually no say in what environment we leave for our children. Trees that took 30 years to grow and would be still growing in 100 years’ time, were gone in a few minutes and for what – a few more dollars in the pockets of the Developers who will move on and leave their mess behind.
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Have you planned a visit to our park these school holidays?
Bring a BBQ and a Picnic out and enjoy the beautiful weather climbing and relaxing under the trees. 🌲
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come give tennis a go - Love Tennis day is on the 10 Sept 10am - 4pm and Royal Oak Tennis Club is hosting a great day - for kids and adults. You can have a hit, grab some bbq, sign-up to some amazing offers. Its a free day - come with your kids and family in time for summer.
Hi Neighbours - Wow did you see the moon last night – I stood outside and watched it come up and life was good. It pushed away all the thoughts of washing and dishes to be done!! I remembered neuroscientist Rick Hansen’s advice to really savour any pleasant experience. He says the brain is like… View moreHi Neighbours - Wow did you see the moon last night – I stood outside and watched it come up and life was good. It pushed away all the thoughts of washing and dishes to be done!! I remembered neuroscientist Rick Hansen’s advice to really savour any pleasant experience. He says the brain is like Velcro for negative experiences, but Teflon for positive ones – we remember negative things more easily than positive things.
He suggests that we ‘tilt towards the good’ in order to level the playing field. He says if we spend time savouring and enjoying a good experience, more neurons fire and thus wire together, actually changing our brains for the better. So to balance out the challenging times, see if you can "Take in the good" to even things out.
Mindfulness practice helps build up this way of being. Come and soothe body and mind with a small group for a gentle mindfulness session of ease and peace next week. Session includes gentle movement and relaxing simple meditation.
The next one is on Tue 5th of September 1 - 2.15pm. Come and see what it is like! Contact me - the first session free, then Koha welcome. Ongoing first Tuesday of the month.
Click Read More to find out more about what I do - I also offer one-on-one sessions and custom courses for group bookings.
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Take care - Eve
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Join this hands-on course covering creating a learning climate, how adults learn, group interactions, course planning and evaluation - suitable both for those already tutoring adults or planning to start.
Saturdays 9 and 16 September, 9am - 5 pm. $195. Held at Selwyn College. For more information … View moreJoin this hands-on course covering creating a learning climate, how adults learn, group interactions, course planning and evaluation - suitable both for those already tutoring adults or planning to start.
Saturdays 9 and 16 September, 9am - 5 pm. $195. Held at Selwyn College. For more information call 521 9630
we live in Motu Place and we have noticed in the last 12 months a proliferation of boxes being built . The latest one takes the cake on early Ferndale Road built by Greenmount Homes. A monstrous piece of plasterboard that looks to block out the sun on both sides for the poor neighbours . How did … View morewe live in Motu Place and we have noticed in the last 12 months a proliferation of boxes being built . The latest one takes the cake on early Ferndale Road built by Greenmount Homes. A monstrous piece of plasterboard that looks to block out the sun on both sides for the poor neighbours . How did they get the building licence to put something like this up or is this going to be commonplace for our neighbourhood.
Free single mattress if anyone wants it need it gone by tomorrow 3pm
It’s super comfortable only thing wrong is the rips on each side, which aren’t major and can we sewed up.
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He paki - its sunny! We rode on the bus to Ambury Farm to meet Ranger Janine and her animal friends. Our first stop was the milking shed. Karen and Jill (the cows), strolled into the milking shed with their udders bulging. The rangers milked them and everyone had an opportunity to pat the cows. On … View moreHe paki - its sunny! We rode on the bus to Ambury Farm to meet Ranger Janine and her animal friends. Our first stop was the milking shed. Karen and Jill (the cows), strolled into the milking shed with their udders bulging. The rangers milked them and everyone had an opportunity to pat the cows. On we walked to see rabbits, calves, piglets, pigs, chickens and Clydesdale horses - Connor and Colin. Ranger Janine gave us pellets. We scooped our hands together to feed the chickens and sheep. If we kept very still and quiet, they ate from our hands. We ended the morning feeding the little lambs their bottle of milk.
The sun is out, the grass is dry and you've fired up the mower. Your neighbour's half is looking a little overgrown, do you do theirs too?
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Gym Equipment
Boxing Bag 350
Bicep curl Machine
300
Leg Press Machine 1200
delivery is available
… View moreGym Equipment
Boxing Bag 350
Bicep curl Machine
300
Leg Press Machine 1200
delivery is available
connect with me direct
021 1936 300
thanks
Frank
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