City Scene - January/February 2000 : In a Nutshell...

January - February

Hooray for Our City's Waterways

Peninsula Amalgamation Issues

Don't Wind Up the Speedo Outside Schools

Let's Get Physical

Children's Art Gallery A First

You'll find This Farmer in Town A Lot

Real Bike Better Than A Trike

In a Nutshell...

Cartoon chronicle:
Organisers of a millennium project want 80 cartoonists, experienced and inexperienced, to contribute to a chronicle of the lives of a European family and a Polynesian family from the year 1000 to 2000. The end product will be an 80-page colour magazine, each page providing a glimpse into the lives of progressive generations, published later this year. There will also be an exhibition of the original graphics at Linwood Community Arts Centre. Anyone interested in contributing can attend a free workshop on Saturday 4 March at Linwood Community Arts Centre or contact Tony Scanlan on 388 3800 or e-mail skanzz@yahoo.com

World wetlands:
World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2 February with a variety of activities planned by organisations including the Council. The date 2 February is the anniversary of the 1971 signing of the international Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. New Zealand was among the signatories of the convention (which is named after the Iranian city of Ramsar). The Council is nominating Travis Wetland Park for a Department of Conservation award, and walks and a community workshop have been organised.

Careers centre:
A Careers Transition Centre has opened at 193 Cashel Street, offering job seekers a place to visit and talk about "where to next". The centre is targeted at people who have been employed and understand the market place. It is an additional service to what is already offered by government agencies.

Helping hand:
Victims of the earthquake in Taiwan and violence in East Timor will benefit from Council fundraising. A total of $5000 was given by the Council to both appeals and the public contributed another $1500. The Council's sub- committee thanked the public for its donations and the money was passed to Red Cross for the Taiwan appeal and World Vision for the East Timor appeal.

Restrained recycling:
ONYX manager Tim Ralston says recycling crews coped well over the Christmas-New Year period because, surprisingly, people put out fewer bottles and cans than they did the year before.