Coast community turns out to remember
It has been three years since Anzac Day could be marked with public services, large and small. With most local services cancelled because of the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019, and all services cancelled last year because of level 4 lockdown, numbers attending were good this Anzac Day on the Hibiscus Coast.
Hibiscus Coast Community RSA president, David Dryden, says his organisation was overwhelmed with the support they received this Anzac Day at all three of its services. He says the turnout at the dawn service was particularly pleasing. “We want to thank the community for attending our services to show respect to past and current service personnel,” he says. Photos, Photo Carnival.
Sign designs for Village
A graphic of how the signs could look in Silverdale Village. These options are being put before the community for comment.
Silverdale Village is to get its own distinctive signs, with support from the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board.
Initial design ideas were drafted for the Silverdale Business Association, free of charge, by local board member Andy Dunn, who is a graphic artist.
The association is now putting those options before Silverdale businesses and the wider Silverdale community.
Silverdale Business chair Theo Simeonidis says these initial designs are simply to kick-start what he hopes will be a co-operative business and community consultation process.
One-way for Bakehouse Lane?
Local politicians want Ōrewa’s Bakehouse Lane to be one-way.
An opinion poll indicates that people are unhappy about safety for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians in Bakehouse Lane, Ōrewa, despite the fact that no accidents have been recorded there in the last five years.
Coast People and Penlink (Hibiscus & Bays Local board chair Gary Brown and members Andy Dunn and Leanne Willis) ran a poll which received nearly 60 responses in a week.
Gary says of these, only three were happy with Bakehouse Lane.
“The rest said it was dangerous and that they had seen minor accidents there,” he says.
Diverse cultures showcased in Hibiscus Coast festival
Cultures from around the globe were celebrated with a festival held last month in Whangaparāoa. Photos, Photo Carnival
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Dramatic, lively and diverse performances that included a Chinese Lion dance and the sounds and rhythms of Pacifika, as well as kung fu, tai chi and kapa haka attracted a big crowd to the Coast’s first Multicultural Festival.
The event was organised by the Future Whangaparāoa Trust with support from the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board.
Around 450 people packed into Sportscave in Whangaparāoa on the evening of March 26 to enjoy the wide range of live performances, as well as international food stalls and activities such as origami, rock painting and bouncy castles.
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