PLIMMERTON RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC ANNUAL REPORT

2013/2014


Tena kotou katoa, nga mihi nui,
Ko Colin Bleasdale Plimmerton au

Welcome, kia ora to everyone and thank you for attending this 2014 PRA
AGM.
Your current committee is:
Dave Anderson, Roger Beckett, Colin Bleasdale, Allan Dodson, John Johnston, Roger
Johnston, David Lowe, Pip Piper, Alistair Robb, Sandra Werner, Carolyn Williams,
David Verrinder, Robin Jones, Allan Reader.
Temporary minutes secretary: Janette Wallace Gedge
Note: David Lowe has resigned because of overseas work commitments and Colin
Bleasdale is on a one year leave of absence.
Overview of association activities
2013-2014 has been another very rewarding year with current projects carefully
proceeding towards completion and new ideas coming to the surface. A significant
amount of time has gone into all of these pursuits as well as keeping the organisation
up and running with our current commitments to the community.
www.plimmerton.org has made such an ongoing impact for us that this year we are
currently considering offers from Facebook and Twitter having turned down Google
last year! Thanks to our stalwart web-meister, Sandy Werner, who spreads us globally
and makes sure that our site safely continues with her day-to-day technical and
creative support.
Whats on in Plimmerton Our publication continues ever onwards! It has so much local
news, varied content and information that everyone looks forward to receiving. How
Carolyn manages to keep it bright and sparkly is a journalistic secret and we all
appreciate her dedicated work.
Karehana Park our redeveloped park set with bricks and concrete paths with anew
stream setting bounded by a ptanque court surrounded by lovely community
planting! Roger Johnston and his committee have been totally successful with this
work. They have grappled with many different agencies to gain permission to alter
the form of the Karehana Stream. The fish count was a unique event that Im sure
Roger will share with you. We also appreciate and acknowledge the generous Mana
Community Grant Foundation funding of $15,000 towards this project.
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Project Snapshot Allan Dodson, David Anderson, John Johnson and Roger Johnson are
still progressing work to produce videos, photo montages and general displays
pertaining to Plimmerton history.
WW100 This project is uncovering remarkable stories. A sobering thought that there
are still commemorations taking place in Belgium and other countries on a weekly
basis to mark the horrific happenings in their countries. Allans work is greatly
appreciated by so many people of all ages who are very interested in this part of our
history.
Porirua City Council We are maintaining, further developing and enhancing an open,
frank and friendly relationship with the Porirua City Council over issues confronting
and concerning Plimmerton. We appreciate the support made by our current
Northern Ward Councillors: Euon Murrell, Tim Shephard, Bronwyn Kropp and Anita
Baker. Great to have Jenny Brash adding the Plimmerton view to the Greater
Wellington Regional Council perspective. I wish to acknowledge again this year, as in
previous years, the significant contribution made by Porirua City Councils Village
Programme Manager Ian Barlow. Without Ian we would not be in the position we are
today. Tim Shephard is presently our Village planning liaison person. Our close
relationship with Porirua City Council that has grown further over the last year, is
much valued by the PRA.
We also appreciate and value the input to planning by Linda Kerkmeester, whose
quiet and reflective approach have brought some new perspectives to our urban and
natural marine environment.
Thanks also to Bill Inge of Porirua City Council for the work he does towards making
Plimmerton an even better place to be, in particular Karehana Park and our regular
maintenance walk abouts. Findings from these are soon to be a regular feature on our
web site so we can track remedial work.
Hongoeka Marae The PRA is very supportive of what Hongoeka are trying to achieve
through the village planning processand hopefully we will further build on and expand
our existing association.
PRA and Linda Kerkmeester have appreciated working with the marae committee and
in particular Kahu Ropata and Moana McMillan-Parata on some design aspects of the
Taupo Stream bridge balustrade project. It will be a unique entrance point to
Plimmerton.
State Highway One. Pip Piper continues to keep an active eye on things here. We are
all waiting for the first sod to be turned on Transmission Gully!
Plimmerton Boating Club We acknowledge the generous offer by PBC to have a
reciprocal relationship with the PRA enabling members to utilise their clubrooms.
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Others During the year PRA has aimed to represent Plimmertons interests with
regard to many other issues both local and regional, and support local initiatives
including:
PCC Annual Plan
Interviews with local media
Ara Harakeke Cycle and Walkway
Liaising with other Residents Associations
Village planning meetings
Various visits sponsored by PCC to Plimmerton
Supporting other organisations such as Keep Porirua Beautiful
Liaising with various community groups
Proposed amalgamation of Wellington Councils
Sub-committee meetings on specials areas like community emergency planning
PCC walk abouts and village planning
There are so many contributions to be acknowledged here so Ill simply say thanks to
everyone who has so generously contributed their time and efforts over the last year.
Meetings Please note the PRA meets on the 4
th
Monday of every month at 7.30pm in
our local fire station. Residents are welcome to attend. Meetings are advertised in the
newsletter. Please contact us on plimmertonra@gmail.com to advise of your
attendance. Dates are published on the website for a year ahead. Its always a
pleasure to welcome new people along.
Membership Please renew your membership if you are an existing member of the
association or join for only $15! The more members we have the more we are able to
achieve. We always welcome wider community participation through renewals and
new members. Thanks to all those who have already paid their subscriptions for the
2014/2015 year.
If you let us know your email address we can communicate with you promptly on
current issues by our newsletter and email database.

My thanks to the 2013/2014 committee my admiration, appreciation and amazement
goes to the outgoing committee for all of your work completed this year.
To Dave Anderson who has very kindly agreed to act as chair, well done Dave. I
personally appreciate you volunteering for this job!

PLIMMERTON RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION INC ANNUAL REPORT
2013/2014


Lastly thanks must go to you, our Plimmerton community, for being so supportive of
the PRA and for the efforts that we all put in towards making Plimmerton an even
better place to live.
Kia ora
Colin Bleasdale
PRA Chairperson, 2013-2014