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JUNE 2022 343 BROOKLYN TATTLER what’s happening in your community
IN THIS ISSUE from the regular favourites returning, and
also new stalls including soy candles
at Brooklyn Community Centre
and give it a go. Contact Philip at
From the Community Centre
Friends of Owhiro Stream
2-3
4 COMMUNITY and soaps; African wax print goods;
succulents and plants; vintage china,
codwgpdl@gmail.com for more
info, or just turn up.
History
Residents Association
5
6
CENTRE linen, and glass; crepes; and vintage
clothes. The playground may be out
Playground
The WCC upgrade of the
BROOKLYN COMMUNITY CENTRE of action if the upgrade has begun playground here at the Community
Two Todman 7
PHONE 384 6799 (see below) but we are hopeful the Centre is scheduled to begin in June
Central Park Deli/Cafe 8
market will be able to go ahead. and take approximately eight weeks,
Brooklyn Kindergarten 9 Hello and welcome to the June
Play Table Tennis though we are still waiting for
What’s On 10-11 edition of the Tattler. While we confirmation on this. During this
The Brooklyn Table Tennis group are
Cats Protection Wellington 12 have been enjoying a great autumn, time parking at the centre may be
one of our longest running weekly
Omāroro Reservoir 12 there is definitely a winter nip in limited but we have arranged with
activities at the Community Centre.
the air now. We hope if you or your WCC to have drive up access to the
BRC Charitible Trust 13 They play in the hall on Tuesday
family have been impacted recently centre for our seniors to be dropped
Friends of Central Park 14 mornings from 9am to 12pm and
by Covid (or any other ills) that you off and picked up for Friday Circle,
Turbine Toastmasters 15 Wednesday evenings at 8pm. People
are recovering well. and for anyone else with limited
of all ages and abilities, including
Then and Now 16 mobility. We are looking forward to
The WCC three-yearly grant funding casual players are welcome to come
School News 17 round for community groups, seeing our brand - new playground
along and try table tennis. Balls
Community Groups 18-19 which includes community centres, and bats supplied. So, if you’re in a couple of months’ time.
recently closed. We would like to ever thought about taking up table Have a great month
thank WCC for renewing our grant tennis, join the friendly group
for the next three years which helps Julie and Euan
enable us to keep the Community
This month’s cover photo
is of children enjoying
Centre running. We would like
to extend an additional thank you
to Councillor Fleur Fitzsimons
CONTACT US
the Community Centre
and WCC Chief Customer and Hall Hire and General Enquiries:
playground which is about to
Community Officer, Kym Fell, for SOAP coordinator@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
be updated by WCC.
meeting with us prior to the WCC Childcare Programmes:
Photo Credit: Euan Harris grants meeting. We are always keen childcare@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
to hear from our local community of
Accounts:
July 2022 copy due no later than 5pm any initiatives or ideas to help make
Jewellery accounts@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
Tuesday 21 June the Community Centre an even Soy candles & Soaps
Email your contribution to better place for everyone, so please Vegies / Crepes Manager:
tattler@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz contact us anytime either by phone, Vintage clothes manager@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
Books / Toys / Resin goods
email, or pop in and see us here at Succulents & plants Tattler:
Brooklyn Tattler is published by the 18 Harrison Street. African wax prints tattler@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
Brooklyn Community Association Inc. Vintage china/glass/linen
18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn. Association Market In compliance with the Covid Protection Framework
Market:
members accept no liability for the market@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
at the Orange setting, masks are required indoors
Our next market is scheduled for
contents which have been prepared in Saturday 18 June from 12pm –
good faith. Printed by Pivotal. Main Office: 04 384 6799
4pm. We have a wide range of 18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
Childcare Office: 04 385 0089
A.
P. 04 384 6799
stalls booked in with some of our E.
W.
market@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
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UPDATE HISTORY
We regard the site at Jamieson’s as
our ‘home base’, but the rest of the
stream needs loving care as well and
CLEVELAND STREET IN THE 1980s
later this year we have plans to work Our friendly, well-known unofficial of the few businesses still operating
further downstream. We are hoping “Mayor of Brooklyn”, Perry Aspros, 40 years later. Next to Nan King was
to be working in a joint project once owned a business in Cleveland another fish shop which had been there
with Conservation Volunteers near Street with his wife Bev. In the early since the 1950s.
Murchison and Frobisher Streets, and 80s, Perry and his brothers applied
Garth and Kay Williams had their
also doing some work by the playing for, and were granted, a liquor licence
Lambton Real Estate office at the other
friends of fields. Does this sound rather ambitious sponsored by John Bull Wines. The
end of George O’Learys’ business. A
for our small group? Well yes, it is, wine shop was in a Trust area at the
butcher shop owned by Dalton’s was
OWHIRO STREAM and although we have a small band of
faithful workers, we would welcome
eastern end of the cluster of shops
where the dairy is now. He could only
here for a while where the Burger
Wisconsin is now. Brooklyn had its own
some new faces - our next working bee sell wine, which included fortified
Aren’t we having some lovely weather TAB for a few years, in the premises
will be on Saturday 11 June. varieties like port and sherry. Long
lately? When I was newly arrived in that later became United Video, and
forgotten wines he and I remembered
Wellington from Hawkes Bay, I was Janet Campbell at number 56 we had the Brooklyn
are Liebestraum, Premier Cuveee,
greeted at university by the office lady Laundry which was owned by Julian
for Friends of Owhiro Stream Marque Vue, Asti Type Spumante, Asti
saying, “Aren’t we having a lovely Ericisson. Vern Walker was an early
Riccadonna, Nederburg, and Montana
autumn?” I thought, what? We had had email owhirosteam@gmail.com property owner, he owned the premises
Cold Duck. Perry remembers being
two days in a row with sunshine, and on the northwest corner, which are now
involved with a lot of social events,
even then, it often clouded over. But the hairdresser and apartments.
charity events for the schools, and wine
now I am a true Wellingtonian and find Ray Jarvis had his electrical business
tastings. The shop was very successful
myself saying the same thing. So, I hope at number 28, then in 1991 Allan
for a few years, Perry left the shop in
Katie Underwood
you have all been enjoying days that are Lowndes took over after Ray retired,
1982 when his brother, Michael, took
70% sunshine. but retained the name to become Jarvis
THE QUIET ACHIEVER over. When the tavern opened, it
“Would you
On the afternoon of Sunday 1 May, the became too difficult to continue so they & Lowndes. At number 24 there was
Licensed Residential Sales Consultant | Leaders Real Estate City Limited (REA Act 2008)
grass verge just south of Jamieson’s Towing closed the shop in 1989 and transferred another liquor business, Brooklyn
beside FOOS’s favourite planting spot, the wine licence to Wing On Chang. Wholesale Cellars, which remained
there was a scene of great activity. Organised like to know A year before, Bev and Perry purchased there right through the 80s and was run
through Two Todman, a group of about 15 how much your the bookshop previously known as by the Terawhiti Licensing Trust. They
volunteers from Renew Communities took house is worth? Seymours, and ran it for a few years. were on the Jefferson Street corner.
a break from their annual meeting to do It would be Jenny Spite’s business was initially
Across the road, was the United Video
community work. The result was a lovely known as Brentwood Antiques, prior
my pleasure to Shop, which was the first store United
to her having a change of direction
feeling of co-operation and enthusiasm at
offer you a free Video owned and the last to close its
the site, and about 50 trees planted in this and next door to her a religious group
doors when the businesses closed down.
stubborn ground. The plan was to extend appraisal. called Christian Fellowship Brooklyn
”
Next door to United Video, was where
the planting area further towards the owned number 36 for a few years. So,
George O’Leary ran his very successful
road, with the aim of preventing rubbish Cleveland Street has seen a wide range
electrical repair business. Next to the
being blown into the stream, which can of businesses over the years.
Contact me on: wine shop , Marjorie Cloude ran her
be a problem with being on the route to Chris Rabey
m: 027 248 2061 antique shop and second hand business.
the landfill. We are very grateful to Two t: 04 894 3717
Further up on the north side, Nan King
Todman for being the beneficiary of their e: katie.underwood
@raywhite.com Takeaways opened in 1981, and is one
energy and goodwill.
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UPDATE UPDATE
to become ongoing day and monthly
workers. We’ve explored teams using our
Monthly update on issues space for collaborative work meetings.
and projects involving our We’ve also enjoyed gathering our week
community of co-workers for monthly
community
morning teas, allowing us a chance to
press pause to the work, and connect.
Our Op-Shop has had a great few months
on-selling donations, showcasing local
NEXT MEETING – Tuesday 21 June 2022 at 7pm artists’ goods, and hosting our quarterly
Brooklyn Community Centre, Harrison Street - Come and have your say ‘Rummage Sales’. We have loved the on-
going relationships with our 2021 shop-
Any Local Issues? Let us know if there’s local topics you’d like to see addressed – e.g. infrastructure
proceed recipients. It has been encouraging
improvements (road crossings, housing, footpaths, etc) and anything else local –
to receive feedback and photos from these
projects to long term plans. We are here for our local residents.
community groups of the ways the funds
GBRAI Meeting If you are interested in local and city wide issues, come to the AGM on have been used. This year the Two Todman
Schedule Tuesday 21 June, hear a guest speaker, enjoy light refreshments… and Community Fund is processing two grant
maybe even join the committee! rounds with applications closing 1 June
Future meetings will be every two months and dates for the year will be set at 5pm and 15 November. If you know of
EV Charging
at the AGM.
WCC are consulting on the delivery of 60 EV chargers across Wellington, the
TWO TODMAN a local community group with upcoming
funding needs, please tell them about us!
Stations first 12 of which will be installed later this year. Kia Ora Brooklyn, It’s good to write Criteria and application forms can be
to you again and share the exciting found on our website twotodman.org.nz.
WCC and Private WCC landfill (Southern Landfill) - the preferred WCC option is the ‘piggy things that have been happening at
Landfills back’ extension proposal. There is an information update on 1 June which Two Todman of late.
GBRAI/community reps are attending. We will give feedback but, if you want
to attend/participate please contact GBRAI. The adjacent private landfills are Our Community Space in the month
being discussed separately. of May has seen kids art workshops,
poker nights, choir practices and
Cleveland/Todman WCC have advised that work is about to begin, starting with work on the
other ventures thriving. In June we are
Visit us at
Ohiro Intersection Todman Street footpaths. www.tvf.org.nz
looking forward to hosting local art
WCC Draft District The proposed District Plan will be open for consultation for eight weeks from 18 exhibitions, as well as rolling ahead The Vogelmorn Foundation has
Plan July – 16 September. For more information and updates on consultation: with our monthly acoustic (Saturday commenced distributing funds to
https://planningforgrowth.wellington.govt.nz/district-plan-review 18 June) and community potluck local organisations and individuals.
(Thursday 23 June). If you are a
Prince of Wales / A successful open day for the public was held on 21 May. Several GBRAI looking for a space to hold events,
Omāroro Reservoir committee members were spotted in attendance climbing up to the rooftop and or get involved in some, we’d love to
into the reservoir at the once in a lifetime wander through this project which is connect with you.
progressing well. Here are links to recent drone footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLD6hC_fEWE https://www.youtube. Our Co-Working office has been For more information or to apply for
funding please visit our website.
com/watch?v=K2eOWwkoIfE bustling with remote workers from the
Applications MUST be made online.
local Brooklyn neighbourhood, and
Email us your ideas, queries or concerns, or to sign up to our newsletter at:
surrounding suburbs. We have had PO Box 14-330, Kilbirnie
brooklynresidentswellington@gmail.com
workers on a free one day trial graduate Wellington, 6022
admin@tvf.org.nz
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HISTORY LOCAL NEWS
CENTRAL PARK
DELI/CAFE I was given free rein in the sandwich
The May Tattler featured an article by
department; I must have been
Chris Rabey headed “Businesses in the
given some instruction, but mostly
90s”. My first thought was, goodness,
I browsed the fridge for what I felt
are the 90s history already? I read
like using that day, and did the same
the article with interest, but while he
mentioned the Oasis Coffee Lounge
and, although it is featured in the
later when I graduated to muffins.
Their sandwiches were famous with A FRESHEN UP
snapshot of the Brooklyn Directory,
he did not talk about the Central Park
tradesmen and truckies going up and
down to the tip. AND SPLASH
Deli which was definitely not a ‘coffee
lounge’, but one of the first of the new
Later, in the 90s, it was sold and
after renovations and incorporating
OF COLOUR has helped ensure the indoor space is
wave cafes in Wellington. The name
Central Park was, of course, a nod to
the garage next door, it was a Thai
restaurant for some years, before
AT BROOKLYN freshened up and ready for many years
of playtime ahead!
our Central Park, but was also meant
to indicate that this was a hip, New
becoming the Brooklyn Deli it is today.
Janet Campbell
KINDERGARTEN The community at Brooklyn
York style deli-cafe. Brooklyn Kindergarten were delighted Kindergarten would like to say a huge
to receive joint funding from the thank you to Vogelmorn Foundation
Shortly after I arrived in Brooklyn from and Two Todman for their continued
Vogelmorn Foundation and Two Todman
Hawkes Bay in 1986, a notice appeared support! Ngā mihi nui.
in November last year. The money has
in the deli window advertising for
supported the kindergarten with the
someone to make sandwiches, starting
purchasing and fitting of brand-new
at 7am. I was going to university
carpet tiles. These were fitted during the
part-time and thought “I can do
Easter holidays, and they look great!
that”, so I went in and expressed my
interest but said I’d rather start at 7.30 The tamariki and kaiako alike have
thank you. Surprisingly, they said I been enjoying the splash of colour the
could. The cafe was run by “the boys”, new tiles provide and this funding
Grant and Nigel, and Queen Bee of
the Kitchen was A, an exuberant and
excitable chef, especially so after a
night imbibing illegal substances. I
remember a pre-Christmas party when
she said “Aah! Don’t let Janet eat those
meat balls!” I was somewhat older
than any of them, but they treated
me like the naive provincial I was.
The wait staff were often out of work
actors, so the kitchen was always
interesting and lively.
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WEDNESDAY
what’s on at your 8 PM
TABLE Inquiries Philip on 934 7445
BROOKLYN COMMUNITY CENTRE
18 Harrison Street
TENNIS or email: codwgpdl@gmail.com.
CRAFT
10 AM - 12 PM Fortnightly crafters social group. Contact
CONNECTIONS Louise email: louisebrockway.nz@gmail.com
WEEKDAYS
Post natal classes for new mums and their
BEFORE SCHOOL CHILDCARE Contact Adam Hendry, Childcare 10 - 11:30 AM KANGATRAINING
THURSDAY
Programme Manager. babies with Hannah Foley.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMES Phone 385 0089 or email childcare@ Email hannah@kangatraining.co.nz
brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz.
HOLIDAY Beginners’ to Advanced Karate classes.
5 - 6:30 PM KARATE Contact Sensei Patricia at
www.familyfitkarate.co.nz/contact or
027 297 6049.
Contact Ferne on 389 1433 or email:
Contact Faye Tohbyn on 022 054 2369 or 6:30 - 7:30 PM TAI CHI ferne.david@xtra. co.nz
9 AM PILATES fayetohbyn@gmail.com
MONDAY
Contact Faye Tohbyn on 022 054
Improve your movement, posture & 9 AM PILATES
FRIDAY
breathing. Contact Toni McWhinnie on 2369 or email: fayetohbyn@gmail.com
10:30 - 11:30 AM FELDENKRAIS 021 1782056 or email
temcwhinnie@gmail.com
FRIDAY Seniors Social Group, meets weekly
Contact Margaret 389 3028 11 AM - 2 PM for light lunch and activities. Contact
6 - 7:30 PM BROWNIES or email marrexj@gmail.com
CIRCLE Euan Harris, details at bottom of page
TABLE Open to all ages and ability. Tables, bats DANCE CLASSES Pre-school fun classes and Ballet & Jazz
9:30 - 11 AM FOR CHILDREN classes for 5 - 8 years. Contact Debbie
SATURDAY
9 AM - 12 PM and balls provided. Contact Philip on 934
TUESDAY
at info@db4dance.co.nz
TENNIS 7445 or email: codwgpdl@gmail.com
Next Brooklyn Market on Saturday
12 - 4 PM QUARTERLY
During school terms. For details contact
ST JOHN 18 June from 12pm to 4pm. Email:
6:30 - 8 PM Ross Young on 021 264 0440 or email
MARKETS market@brooklyncommunitycentre.
CADETS ross.young@stjohn.org.nz
org.nz to book your stall.
BROOKLYN Our one hour service starts in the hall at
9:15 AM 9:30am. Contact Rev. Scottie Reeve at
10 - 11 AM FELDENKRAIS Contact Toni McWhinnie on 021 1782056 ANGLICANS scottie.reeve@gmail.com View online
or email temcwhinnie@gmail.com www.brooklynanglicans.nz
WEDNESDAY
EKKAALLAM Tamil Christian worship and service.
Grasshopper Karate to Advanced Karate 10 AM - 12 PM Contact Robert tec.wgtn@gmail.com or
SUNDAY
classes. Book your free trial class. Contact CHURCH 027 858 9916
5:30 - 7:30 PM KARATE Sensei Patricia at www.familyfitkarate.co.nz/ Grasshopper Karate to Advanced Karate
contact or 027 297 6049. classes. Contact Sensei Patricia at
5 - 7 PM KARATE www.familyfitkarate.co.nz/contact or
A 30-mins strength workout for busy people 027 297 6049.
CARDIO & like you! Contact Patricia at
7:30 - 8 PM
CORE www.familyfitkarate.co.nz/contact or
To book Brooklyn Community Centre for classes, groups or events contact
027 297 6049.
Euan Harris on 384 6799 or coordinator@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
CATS PROTECTION WELLINGTON UPDATE
a real home. Although he’s deaf, he’s super-outgoing A decision was made to sell the Brooklyn
and loves to explore and meet people. He’s very Resource Centre premises, invest the proceeds
affectionate, and loves cuddles, playing with toys, and and continue operating its core programme,
being groomed. Ruffle has always lived away from the Friday Circle, at St Matthew’s Church.
roads, and with his inability to hear cars coming, he About this time, the organisation changed its
will need a home where he is safe from traffic. A large constitution to reflect its changing role and
home with a safe outdoor space would be perfect for was renamed The BRC Society Inc. It was
this long-legged guy! Ruffle by name, but unruffled later decided to transition to a grants-based
RUFFLE LOVES by nature. Even after more than six months in the
shelter, he’s still upbeat about maybe getting his own brooklynresourcecentre@gmail.com
organisation to benefit a greater number of
people in the wider Brooklyn community.
CUDDLES loving home one day soon...
If you think you have the right home for a
The BRC Charitable Trust was established at
the beginning of 2021 and held its first funding
The Wednesday Circle continued at St
Matthew’s Church for several years before
Most cats avoid the clatter of kitchens, even if they do cat who has a ton of love to give, make an round in March the same year. The organisation the group was relocated to the Brooklyn
take an interest in food preparation! But Ruffle has no appointment to meet Ruffle! has had strong ties with the Brooklyn Community Centre, who took over the
reason to avoid kitchen noise – he can’t hear it. community for over 40 years and has undergone running of it and reverted it back to the
There’s more about Ruffle at a number of changes during that time.
This fluffy, white, 12 year-old was left homeless when original Friday Circle. The legacy of the
catsprotectionwellington.org.nz. Follow us on
his person went into a rest home. After winning hearts As far back as 1978, it was proposed to purchase original organisation, now known as The
Facebook, Instagram and YouTube for pictures,
at a cattery for four months, he was brought to us for a house and establish a resource centre for the BRC Charitable Trust, has become a funding
stories and videos of cats in our shelter.
Brooklyn community. Set up by the Lions body in the local community.
OMĀRORO RESERVOIR OPEN DAY Club of Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Resource
Centre (a converted house in Jefferson Street)
The BRC Charitable Trust
was opened in August 1983 to provide a base
for voluntary workers and health and welfare
representatives, as well as an information and
‘homely’ drop in centre. Relying heavily on the
help and support of volunteers to begin with, it
was eventually part- funded by the Wellington
City Council and later operated with two part
time employees. Community organisations
like district health nurses, social workers, a
chiropodist, St John’s, and Plunket used the
Photo Credits: Guido Seevens premises as a base, and groups of local residents
On Saturday 21 May, an open day was held for including the lonely or elderly were able to use
the public to get up close to the new water reservoir the facilities as a meeting place.
at Prince of Wales Park. It was a fantastic chance to
see just how big the project is and how much work Over the years the focus and nature of the
has gone into it so far. The scaffolding inside the community changed, the number of groups
reservoir seems to go on for miles and, just like any and people accessing the premises declined,
other scaffolding, is required to pass safety checks Wellington City Council withdrew its funding,
every week, a full-time job in itself. It is hard to and the organisation had to reassess its position
believe that when the reservoir is completed, it will in the local community. It was also becoming
be buried and hidden, so it truly was a once in a costly to maintain the building and keep up with
lifetime opportunity to get inside for a look. the outgoings. After much deliberation, it was
decided the time had come to change direction.
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UPDATE LOCAL NEWS
in Central Park. Thanks to the people
who identified it and acted so quickly.
And while we’re on thank yous, here’s
ART WORKSHOP AT TWO TODMAN
An art workshop for children aged some beautiful works of art. Pari is
a big shout out to Two Todman and seven and older was held recently intending to run more workshops in
the Student Volunteer Army for their at Two Todman, run by Brooklyn the future. You can find out more
support for the park. local and semi-professional artist about the workshops at:
It’s satisfying being part of the collective Pari Sathyanarayana. The workshop https://parinitha.me/workshops/
effort to keep our local green space was a huge success and resulted in northern_lights/
healthy and welcoming. If you’d like
to join in, come to our working bees.
BYO mug, we supply morning tea and
delicious Supreme coffee.
Next working bee
friends of Sunday 26 June – Last Sunday of the
CENTRAL PARK month between 10am – 12.30pm
Check https://www.meetup.com/upstream/
Rust for confirmation of working bees.
While rust might be a desirable colour Contact Lynne at all.whites@xtra.co.nz
for scatter cushions or lipstick, it’s not Everyone welcome!
something we like to see on our plants or
cars. The bad news is that a case of myrtle
rust was recently spotted on one of the
grand old pōhutukawa trees near the main
entrance to Central Park. The good news is
TURBINE TOASTMASTERS
This year marks the 25th anniversary join from other suburbs. One of our past
that only a few leaves were affected and the
of the formation of the Turbine Talkers members has achieved the highest position
offending branch was removed.
Toastmasters Club in Brooklyn. The club in Toastmasters, that of District Director,
According to myrtlerust.org.nz, myrtle rust is planning a celebration in July with a who oversees the whole of NZ, and we have
is a fungal disease that weakens plants in Silver Jubilee dinner and other activities. A a number of members who have reached
the myrtle family and can cause them to subcommittee has been formed amongst the highest level in the programme, that
die. Myrtle rust attacks new shoots, fruits four of the longest serving members, Joy being a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM).
and flowers, and can destroy the food relied Ackrill, Viv Sutton, Derrick Russell, and More details of the planned celebrations will
on by some species of native birds, lizards Chris Rabey. The club was chartered in appear in next month’s Tattler.
and insects. New Zealand has many native March 1997 and we would have liked the
The club meets on the first, third, and
plants that belong to the myrtle family event to have been held in March this year,
occasional fifth Tuesday, commencing
including pōhutukawa, mānuka, kānuka, but with the uncertainties with Covid, it
7.15pm, at the Reformed Church, top
rātā, swamp maire and ramarama. Because was decided to push the date back. Joy
of Harrison Street. New members and
it can affect so many of our native plants, it was a charter member and the other three
interested people are most welcome to come
is a risk to local biodiversity. joined soon after. Our members still mostly
along to any meeting. If you would like to
live in Brooklyn, though as it has been one
Myrtle rust has been in Wellington for a speak with a member beforehand, contact
of the most popular and progressive clubs
while, but this is the first recorded case Sam Day on 022 436 8715
in Wellington, we have seen members
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THEN AND NOW UPDATE
SCHOOL NEWS
The Ridgway School Board has deferred
As I write this we are almost at the mid- its decision on whether or not the school
point of Term Two. As usual, the term will continue to offer Year Seven and
seems to be flying by. Matariki celebrations Eight classes. Further consultation will be
are currently being planned, cross country completed with their community later this
races being run, and fundraising for camp year, including a discussion with South
in Term Four is underway at St Bernards. Wellington Intermediate School on its
This year marks the end of the current zoning proposals and what that might
tenure of board of trustees for state and mean for Ridgway. Meanwhile, Naylor
state-integrated schools. Every three years Love is pushing ahead with the renovation
a new board made up of parent volunteers and is on track to be finished by the start of
and teacher representatives is elected by Term Three.
the parent/caregiver community. Voting Term Two finishes on Friday 8 July for
for the school boards is normally in May Brooklyn and Ridgway Schools, and
but has been extended to September this Thursday 7 July for St Bernard’s.
year to hopefully increase participation in
the elections. Julie Seevens
SOAP
Jewellery
Soy candles & Soaps
Vegies / Crepes
Vintage clothes
Books / Toys
Resin goods
Succulents & plants
African wax prints
Vintage china/glass/linen
In compliance with the Covid Protection Framework
at the Orange setting, masks are required indoors
The top photo was taken in 1970 of the original Brooklyn Library building at 22 Harrison A. 18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
Street, which later became the Brooklyn Playcentre as seen in our recent colour photo. P. 04 384 6799
E. market@brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
brooklyncommunitycentre.org.nz
Top photo credit: Charles Fearnley, source; Wellington City Libraries Ref: 50003-2209 W.
2022 photo credit: Euan Harris
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COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY GROUPS
BROOKLYN BROWNIES, BROOKLYN LOCAL HISTORY available. Find out more at 6 June – Queen’s Birthday sessions available at Capital new people, delicious
GUIDES AND PIPPINS GROUP www.brooklynscouts.org.nz Public Holiday. Montessori, Camrose Grove, morning tea and contribute
brooklyn.brownies@gmail.com Next meeting on Saturday or contact John Morrison on Kingston. to the care of Central Park.
Pippins membership@brooklynscouts. 13 June – Brooklyn to City montessori.school.nz/playgroup
18 June from 2 - 4pm at SCRABBLE WELLINGTON
Kathryn Lawrie 802 5049 org.nz via Alexandra Rd. Start or email
Brooklyn Library. We’d Club nights every
Brownies from the Library at 9:30am. rata@montessori.school.nz
love your input or queries. BROOKLYN SMALLBORE Wednesday from 7pm in
Margaret Jones 389 3028 Please contact the convenor 20 June – Plimmerton walk.
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Kathryn Lawrie 802 5049 or venue changes. Sharon from Wellington Station.
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27 June – Around the Bays.
Local food and sharonmacintyre42@gmail. Russell Terrace, Newtown. Club Building, 2 Tanera First night free, otherwise
10am start from Kilbirnie
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month from 9:30am at for parents or care givers www.bsrc.org.nz lookout through Hataitai to wellington@shaolinkungfu.co.nz
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Contact Kathleen Skudder of the month 10am- Your local chapter of secretary1vtc@gmail.com
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kathleen.skudder@gmail. at 93 Mornington Road. on 389 8995 or email: Tuesdays 7:15pm-9:15pm
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com BROOKLYN PLAYGROUP You’ll find us immediately owhirostream@gmail.com fortnightly at the
By the Tanera Park
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