Newtown Cycleway: Better screen display of the drawings

June 13, 2014Consultation, Newsmartinh123

Viewing Tip 1: How to Change Adobe Page Display

When viewing the Cycleway Route Map drawings on your screen using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat you might find you need to re-set the Page display.

Depending on your Adobe settings the contours, streets and building outlines can sometimes display overly dark, as an overpowering background.

The Cycleway drawings become more readable if you turn off “Enhance thin lines”

Follow these simple steps

[Click here for a PDF download of these Viewing Tip Instructions ]

Under the Edit drop down menu select: Preferences
In Categories select: Page Display
Un check the tick box for: Enhance thin lines
Click on: OK

Viewing Tip 2: Easy Zoom in

Using the Magnify Glass Tool

And snap back to full Page View

Enjoy your viewing

Wellington Bus Review

June 13, 2014Consultation, Newsmartinh123

The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is undertaking a review of Wellington buses. The proposals have implications for Newtown and Berhampore residents.

This link will take you to information about the planned changes to the bus service. http://www.gw.govt.nz/ptplan

The current proposals include the following changes:

Replace the Newtown Park Zoo bus (10) with the Houghton Bay (23)
Change the route of the Southgate (22) so that it travels along Russell Terrace – Riddford St – Constable St.
During the off-peak the frequency will be increased from hourly to every 30 minutes. However, passengers travelling to and from the city on the Houghton Bay and Southgate services will need to transfer to another bus at the “Newtown hub” located outside Wellington Hospital.
There will be 3 direct services to and from the Railway Station to Houghton Bay and Southgate at peak times.
There will no longer be a link from Houghton Bay and Southgate across town to the university.

Houghton Valley and Southgate residents have been involved with the Wellington Bus Review over the past two years. Christine Fowler, President of the Houghton Valley Progressive Association and Linda Cameron have attending meetings and have recently prepared a submission, with support from Newtown, Southgate and Mt Cook residents.

Linda attended the public hearing on the submission at the GRWC and councillors indicated that the details have still not been pinned down including the direct services at peak times and shelter and other facilities at the hub outside the hospital. There is still an opportunity for the community representatives to continue discussion with council officers.

Click on Bus Submission May 2014 – Houghton Valley, Melrose, Southgate to download the Houghton Valley Progressive Association submission [which our Association contributed support and suggestions to]. This outlines the issues they have raised, that are still being worked through.

Next Meeting: Monday 16 June 2014 at 7.30pm

June 12, 2014Meetings, Newsmartinh123

7.30 at the Community Hall 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground

Southern Suburbs Cycleway

Segment 2: Berhampore – Newtown – to Mt Cook cycling improvements

Introduction and brief overview of Red Design’s detailed Network Route Mappings

Q&A with some of their design team.

Note the “Citizens’ Advisory Panel” is now exploring options for this segment.

Segment 1: Island Bay – Berhampore

Island Bay update from Paul Eagle

Wellington Bus Review

Collaboration with Houghton Valley Progressive Association

Waka Moemoea

Update on timing

Heritage Buildings and Earthquake Strengthening

Update from David Wilcock

Newtown Festival

Stall Bookings 2015 update

Shyft Carshare

Progress update

Map:

Location of the Newtown Community Hall, 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground

(opposite the Mediterranean Warehouse)

Next Meeting: Monday 19 May 2014 at 7.30pm

May 16, 2014Meetings, Newsmartinh123

7.30 at the Community Hall 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground

Southern Suburbs Cycleway

Segment 2: Berhampore – Newtown cycling improvements, and the “Citizens’ Advisory Panel”

Isabella Cawthorn from the City Council will talk about the new process the Council is using.

Nomination suggestions

Segment 1: Island Bay – Berhampore cycling improvements

Comments and progress update since consultation closed 6 May

Town Belt Bill

Submission Comments

Waka Moemoea

Update on progress assisting this initiative

Heritage Buildings and Earthquake Strengthening

Report from David Wilcock on the meeting with WCC

Newtown Festival

Wellington Gold Award Finalist

Stall Bookings open online

Stall Holder Newsletter

Online Stall Directory

Shyft Carshare

Introduction

Map:

Location of the Newtown Community Hall, 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground

(opposite the Mediterranean Warehouse)

Next Meeting: Monday 17 March 2014 at 7.30pm

March 5, 2014Meetings, Newsmartinh123

7.30 at the Community Hall 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground

Southern Suburbs Cycleway(s)

Linking Island Bay to Lambton Harbour

Progress update and presentations:

WCC Officers will give an outline of the upcoming public consultation process – planned to run over the next few months
Cycle Advocates Network summarising their preferred option
Red Design presenting updates of the community derived ideas for potential SAFE cycleway routes from Island Bay through Berhampore – Newtown – Mt Cook and Te Aro

Newtown Festival

Presentation of some great images from the very successful Fairday on Sunday 2 March and a brief report about the month’s activities.

Laura Rosier Archive Display

To celebrate Newtown Festival month we have had a billboard made, based on Laura’s public transport chapter, that will be displayed at the meeting. It includes a panorama photo of the suburb – come and find your house and see what your neighbourhood looked like in 1922.

Heritage Buildings and Earthquake Strengthening

An update from David Wilcock on this important topic for our suburb.

Map showing the location of the Newtown Community Hall, 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground

(opposite the Mediterranean Warehouse)

February 2014 meeting

February 16, 2014Newsmartinh123

Welcome to 2014

Our first monthly meeting for the year was from 7.00pm on 17th February at Bar Edward 167 Riddiford Street

Newtown Festival – Launch

Programme Preview

We will be using the large screen to present an overview of this year’s amazing programme, complete with short video clips showing some of the bands.

Guided tour behind the scenes, as summarised by your Festival Committee…….

Re-shaping Urban Movement – Newtown and Southern Suburbs Safe Cycleways

Introduction

With WCC support we have begun to research and design cycleway options for the Berhampore / Newtown / Mt Cook section of the city’s planned Island Bay to Te Papa cycleway.

Come along and hear how in March you can help our community to develop a fine grain crafted fit of the Cycleway options through our streets.

Bar Edward 167 Riddiford Street, (opposite the Post Office)

Keep Newtown Clean 2014

January 9, 2014News12wingate

Happy New Year.

The first Keep Newtown Clean for the new year is on Saturday 11 Jan at 9am to 12.30pm.

Newtown is looking good and its staying clean and tidy ….we just need to maintain the standard now. We have noticed that the tagging is not returning like it used to and that if it does return its removed responsively. Feedback from Residents and Businesses are positive with a positive feeling about the difference it is making for our community.

You are invited to join our first clean up for 2014 Please invite your family, friends and neighbours. We will have the BBQ there supplying free food. Looking forward to seeing you there.

November Meeting

November 18, 2013News12wingate

A good turnout tonight to hear Generation Zero on transport options, and get a preview of the restoration of Laura Rosier’s History of Newtown.

OUR TOWN NEWTOWN – Community Visioning Wall

November 17, 2013Newsmartinh123

In Collaboration with the Community Centre we have transformed the Before I Die…… Chalk Mural into a Community Blackboard where the public can share ideas and suggestions…….

We live and work in a great suburb but how can we make it better?

What works, what doesn’t and what would you love to see happen here?

What are Newtown’s STRENGTHS?

What would you like to CHANGE?

What are the OPPORTUNITIES for Newtown?

What are Newtown’s CHALLENGES?

The ideas wall will be in action in Wilson Street till Christmas. Get your friends and family along to and add ideas and suggestions. Newtown Community Centre and the Timebank are helping us record the wall

Paint Up NEWTOWN 2013

November 17, 2013Newsmartinh123

The mural designed and painted by a group of year 6 students from Newtown School in collaboration with lead artist Kiri Hiha is now well under way in Carrara Park.

Every Wednesday afternoon the Newtown Paint Up crew and Kiri are onsite transforming the Carrara Park Substation at 107 Daniell Street. Come along and check it out.

Their colourful design was inspired by Newtown – its history, people, colours, food, smells, landscape and bird life. The students acknowledge their place, Newtown, for being the best place to live!

This mural plan has been a collaborative design process between Kiri and 10 young artists based at Newtown school, and is a reflection of how they see, smell, taste and feel about the community and landscape of Newtown.

All of the images included in the mural are individual drawings from the young artists involved, in response to workshops that have centred around voices from the Newtown community’s past, present and future.

The young people working with Kiri have listened to oral histories of the whenua from the local iwi, found out about how the neighbourhood has been shaped by the people who have built, settled and created “New Town” and have been actively encouraged to draw how they, as the future of Newtown, see and value this vibrant and rich little epicentre of culture.

During each design session, the young artists were exposed to a different expert that held knowledge about the Newtown community. These little seeds of knowledge were shaped into visual representations of what the children had heard, talked about or seen or understood themselves about what makes up Newtown as a whole.

Paint Up Newtown is an Eastern Southern Youth Trust project supported by WCC City Arts, the Newtown Residents’ Association and the Newtown Community and Cultural Centre.

Paint Up Berhampore has been running at the same

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Transport Spine Part 4: – Team work with Generation Zero

November 17, 2013Consultation, Newsmartinh123

Our Association is working towards developing a fine grain crafted fit of the Public Transport Spine options through Newtown.

Nwtn-Tram-stop — Newtown Tram Stop by Jonie Molloy 2012

Generation Zero have been promoting a coordinated approach to Wellington’s transport involving Safe Cycleways, Car Share and congestion free Public Transport. The same things our Association is already underway establishing.

For our November meeting Generation Zero are our feature guest speakers – presenting their ideas for the city and sharing expertise on ways the Public Transport Spine might successfully include Newtown and link to the airport.

Young people are moving beyond the car. They want good choice about how to get around.

There are smarter, cheaper and better ways to solve our traffic problems.

Safe Cycleways, Car Share and congestion free Public Transport.

Smart low-carbon cities designed for people, rather than just cars, are what we need to tackle climate change and to attract young talent and keep our economy humming.

But Wellington’s current transport plan is outdated and expensive – a massive motorway expansion costing more than $2.5 billion and putting at risk the very things that make Wellington special and cool.

Part 3: Transport Spine Study – a continuing story

Part 2: Casting the devil out of the detail – public Transport Spine Study

Part 1: Early heads-up Wellington Transport Spine Study – implications for Newtown

Next Meeting: 18 November

November 17, 2013Meetings, Newsmartinh123

7.30 at the Community Hall 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground

Guest Presentation – Generation Zero

Come along and help our Association to develop a fine grain crafted fit of the Public Transport Spine options through Newtown.

Laura Rosier Archive Presentation – Trams

Given the guest speaker topic it seemed appropriate to show images from the chapter on Public Transport……..

Newtown Community Hall 71 Daniell Street, at the Constable Street playground

(opposite the Mediterranean Warehouse)

Paul Forrest Exhibition

November 7, 2013Local Eventsmartinh123

Event: The Art Resuscitation Project.

Venue: The Studio, upstairs @ 146 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington

When: 8^th – 17^th November

Come along if you can. They’re looking grand.

Newtown artist Paul Forrest is having an exhibition of his new works at The Studio at 146 Riddiford Street for 10 days from 8^th-17^th of November.

On show will be his new oil paintings on top of old classic art prints that have been gleaned from secondhand stores around Wellington. He’s become the artist as ‘life guard’ breathing the 21st Century into these works, making his mark on them – the art of recycling art.
The artists include; Canaletto, John Gully, Renoir, Gainsborough, Constable, Corot, Vermeer and many more. He’ll be at The Studio 10am -5pm everyday over those 10 days creating new work.

There’s 40 paintings on show. Hung to delight your eye.

You can also go to his website www.paulforrest.co.nz to see what’s on show.

“Remember it’s not all about selling art. Come and see what I do. That’s free.”

Minutes of October 2013

October 31, 2013Meetings, News12wingate

Minutes of the October meeting here.

Matters discussed included:

efforts to gain funding for a fence to make the russell tce basketball court more usable;
update on the ‘Basin Bridge’ Board of Inquiry;
the planned “ling Tree” dance and music performance scheduled for 24th November at Carrara Park;
the future of Keep Newtown Clean;
the proposal for a Community garden in carrara Park; and
after “Before I Die”

Local Events

October 31, 2013News12wingate

We now have set up a separate page on the site to help promote events happening around Newtown. We are happy to list performance, cultural community events and fundraisers – whatever is coming up. If you are involved in something you think we should know about, just drop us a line. Current listinsg as at 31 October