Rangitoto Island Historic Conservation trust website, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. The islands' unique geological and natural attributes are of international interest. The three Bach Settlements of Rangitoto Wharf, Islington Bay and Beacon End are also of national importance

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Rangitoto Island Historic Conservation Trust

May 2003

Second newsletter for the year - don't forget to book your tickets to the Movie Knight!!!!!!

STOP PRESS, STOP PRESS
Movie Knight
See over the page for details

2003 Working Bee Schedule

May 17th (0758) Jun 21st (1246)
Jul 19th (1128) Aug 16th (1016)
Sep 20th (1358) Oct 18th (1327)
Nov 15th (1216)

Don't forget we have some discount tickets available. Please ring Elizabeth for your ticket. Last time venturers from Waitemata District came and worked very hard. We would like to say thank you to those two young people.

FROM ALLAN - Queens Birthday weekend will be an extra working bee. There are a lot of jobs still to do both inside and outside and tidying up around the Bach as well. We now have two first aid kits. One is a large OSH standard kit and the other a smaller 'travelling kit'. If you use anything from them please let Allan now so that replacements can be got. Don't forget the Bach is open to the public on the Sunday after the working bee.

Awards: The Trust has been nominated in two awards. We nominated ourselves for the E-awards from the Auckland Regional Council for the clean up we undertook in February 2002. Winners are announced on June 5th.

The ARC nominated us for a Green Ribbon Award from the Ministry for the Environment, in the category of raising awareness of environmental issues. Finalists are announced in late May with the winners presentation also on June the 5th but in Wellington.

Fund applications: We have applied to the ARC EIF fund for money towards an upgrade of our website. We should here by the end of June whether we have been successful. Your Trustees have also been working very hard on an application for a sponsor. We will know about this by early June.

AGM - Tentatively set for 17th July.

Previous meeting: We would like to thank our visitors from the ARC, Antoine and Brent for talking to us about the role of the ARC, the new rating scenario and Rangitoto. We all went home with some lovely posters and a good deal to think about.

YOUR COMMITTEE. The Trustees have pleasure in announcing that Allan Godsall and John Walsh have accepted positions as Trustees of Rangitoto Island Historic Conservation Trust.

Elizabeth Andrew - 634 1398 Newsletters,
Shirley Collins - 279 9819 Treasurer,
Membership and Wharf rep,
Susan Yoffe - 445 1894 Archives,
Hilary Noall - 418 4920 Islington Bay rep,
Lois Eagles - 480 5989 Beacon End rep,
Allan Godsall - 634 0161 Maintenance,
John Walsh - 811 8875 Chairman,
Jim Mason - 446 6228 Patron.

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"Allow me to tell you that unless you have stayed overnight on the island after the last boat has gone one does not realise the beauties of Rangitoto - the sunsets and sunrises viewed from the waterfront, the full moon rising over Browns Island like a burnished copper disc, and later its silvery pathway and black and white patchwork to say nothing of the city's myriad lights reflected in the rippled tide, each of which reaches its shores."

Letter to Star Newspaper
10 April 1935

 

 

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