Stumped by unexplained changes
I still suspect that a long-term plan is being enacted and that a hell-or-high-water scheme to transfer our Southland Museum and Art Gallery to the CBD is unfolding regardless.
But right now a great deal of revenue and goodwill with visitors is being lost. No amenities where needed.
In a mooted earlier scheme some lovely trees were to be removed and the old tennis clubhouse/courts were to be removed.
The clubhouse has indeed been partly demolished and partly refurbished but nobody I speak with seems to know why.
I offer that the refurbished building could well serve (if only temporarily) in the office of refreshment and ‘‘Welcome’’ rooms.
And of course, with the essential toilets, even if only Portaloos.
As for those trees, here are some before and after snapshots (pictured right).
Welcome to Invercargill. JOHN HUNTER
Invercargill City Council parks manager Robin Pagan replied:
The Southland Museum and Art Gallery has a lease for the current museum site and half of the adjacent tennis courts.
The trees that were removed between the museum and the old tennis building were programmed to be removed because of their stability which relates to the way they were originally planted on top of existing stumps.
The long abandoned squash courts were removed a few years ago and this year the original tennis building has had some maintenance carried out so that it can be reused by the community. Anyone wishing to make a complaint to the New Zealand Media Council should first put it in writing to the editor. If not satisfied with the reply, complainants should then write to The Secretary, New Zealand Media Council, Box 10 879, Wellington, including a clipping of the disputed article and copies of the correspondence. would prefer being in a country where women are forbidden from doing certain things (like being in a swimsuit in a public place).
Since Rosemary brings up customs she should also note that there is another custom that’s operated in New Zealand for a long time: The freedom for females to swim wherever and whenever they want while wearing whatever they want.
Let us all respect our customs.
NIGEL SIM I had to smile the other day when I read that an international flight was diverted to Invercargill Airport. It could not land at Queenstown, I believe, and the passengers had to wait until a border crew or customs people arrived to let them into New Zealand. I’m thinking back when Tim and the team on the city council spent ratepayers’ money building an international airport base at Invercargill Airport for international flights.
Just another pie in the sky blind council folly, obviously. JACK SHEEHAN
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