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PAGE 12 BAY HARBOUR Wednesday July 13 2016 Our People Juliet Neill Having fun with puppets but with Juliet Neill is the co-ordinator of Plastic Bag Free Lyttelton, which aims to raise awareness on the impacts the bags have on the environment. Bridget Rutherford spoke to her about how it all began, moving to Lyttelton, and being a puppeteer CLEVER: Juliet Neill wrote and performed The Pirates of Corsair Bay in 2012. Juliet, Plastic Bag Free Lyttelton has begun to take off, can you fill me in on how it all started and why? It was about a year ago and Denise Roche, a Green Party politician, was spearheading a campaign on Plastic Bag Free New Zealand. She was going around doing talks and organising a petition and letters to Parliament and that sort of thing. I organised for her to come and speak at Lyttelton Top Club and we got a reasonably good turnout and lots of enthusiasm. Is not a Green Party initiative but that was just what kicked it off. So the group makes bags and people can buy them to use for their shopping? Yes, we had them at the farmers’ market, and we just ask for koha to cover our costs. They are all made out of end of line fabrics, so we don’t have to go out and buy stuff, but there are costs of running a campaign. SuperValue helps us out. They have the bags there all the time, and whatever they make they just give back to the campaign. They have also converted to using biodegradable bags, instead of using straight plastic bags. We label the bags and put information about the campaign inside them. We’ve also got the vege co-op partially converted to cloth bags too. And are a lot of people starting to jump on board? It’s just recently grown. It started with a mad rush of enthusiasm but when people see what we’re doing they have supported us. I remember there was a Lyttelton campaign to stop using coffee cups because they were not recyclable, did you have much to do with that? That was Waste Matters. We do tie in with them, they are great. It’s a small community so people get involved. Speaking of small communities, when did you move to Lyttelton? I’ve been living here since 1995. I was living in Christchurch and I was looking for a place to live. I didn’t mean to buy here, but I was brought up on Otago Peninsula, and it felt like home. Sea and hills are very good for the soul. What is it about Lyttelton that you love? It’s the community and the scenery. It’s a good place living on your own, you walk down the street and bump into people you know and have a conversation. It’s the sort of place you can actually get initiatives going off your own bat. There’s more freedom. And where on the Otago Peninsula did you grow up? Macandrew Bay. We came out from Northern Ireland when I was five. We had two years in Christchurch and then lived down there from when I was seven-years-old. My father had been in the army, and there was a family business in Dunedin which was ailing, and he moved from the army to do that. The newly refurbished Woolston Club... A classic, contemporary club experience Cafe open from 11am Happy Hour 4.30pm - 5.30pm TAB & Gaming, Function Facilities, HOUSIE Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday SHUTTLE Tuesday - Saturday Open 7 Days Restaurant open from 5.30pm! Retro Roast Lunch 12pm Wednesdays $10 Members/$12 Non SUNDAY ROAST LUNCH 12PM - 2PM NEW SEASON MENU OUT NOW! LIVE MUSIC 6PM FRIDAY NATALIE ELMS 7PM SATURDAY THE ACOUSTICS NUK KORAKO NATIONAL LIST MP BASED IN THE PORT HILLS My I hold new regular office clinics is now around open at the 6/950 Port Ferry Hills Road. Please electorate. contact To make the office an appointment, if there is anything or to I can sign help up for with. my newsletter, please contact us. OFFICE: 6/950 Ferry Road, Ferrymead EMAIL: Nuk.KorakoMP@parliament.govt.nz WEBSITE: www.korako.co.nz PHONE: 03 384 0008 sale Furniture, Accessories & Cushion Sale EX DISPLAY STOCK Friday 15 th & Saturday 16 th July 11am – 3pm 10am – 2pm Working hard for our community www.national.org.nz 1000 Ferry Rd, Ferrymead. Ph: 03 384 2999 CASH OR CHEQUE ONLY
Wednesday July 13 2016 BAY HARBOUR PAGE 13 environmental issues in mind How does Dunedin stack up against Lyttelton? I love Dunedin, through circumstances I ended up in Christchurch. I would have moved back to Dunedin after the earthquakes if it weren’t for my lovely friends and my daughter. It’s those long term connections that make the difference. And I hear you were a teacher, what did you teach? I was a teacher of drama, but I finished that in early 2000s. I’m also a puppeteer. I still perform as a puppeteer, and until recently I wrote murder mystery parties. I’m just finding more time now to do my own creative thing I do a bit of art work, as well as getting involved in environmental issues, which I think are very important. How did you get into puppeteering? It was when I was first teaching, primary teaching, and then I had done amateur theatre. I’d made puppets with the kids and then after adopting a daughter, I began developing shows, going around schools and performing them around Canterbury. Then life took other turns then I got back into it in 2000s. I wrote the puppet shows and performed them. BAG LADIES: Juliet Neill and her puppet ‘Daphne’ raising awareness for Plastic Bag Free Lyttelton at the farmers’ market. (Right)Juliet likes to get political with her puppets. This is Roger Sutton and Gerry Brownlee who were part of a post-earthquake show about insurance battles. How do you decide what the puppets will look like? My puppets evolve. The show I’m doing at the moment is based on Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit so I’ve based the puppets on those characters. A couple of weeks ago I organised a day of puppetry performing on the first day of the Lyttelton Festival of Lights. And do you keep all of the puppets that you make? I’ve got boxes of them in my garage, heaps of them! I’ve made some on commission, caricatures of some people. I did work with community house and made the first giant puppet that we use for the festival of lights. There’s also a giant fish, a phoenix bird that rose from the rubble after the earthquakes and there’s also a huge character which is a sort of volcano thing. I used to run mask workshops for the festival parade, because I used to organise the parade for about six or seven years, but I stopped that about three years ago. Wow, that must have taken a lot of organising. You just learn by trial and error, but it was a lot of work. And what do you like to do in your spare time? I do a bit of painting, gardening, and I also like singing. And does your daughter live in Lyttelton too? Yes she lives in Lyttelton. She is a bit of an artist, and she managed Lyttelton Coffee Company. So what is your ultimate goal for Plastic Bag Free Lyttelton? Well wouldn’t it be lovely if the whole of New Zealand went plastic bag free? It is such a huge environmental problem. It would be good if people began to take global warming seriously as well. Both of these things come down to economics, as well as trying to make the world a better place. What do you think it was that made you more concerned about environmental issues? I don’t know. My parents had a love of the land and animals. My father changed from being a National party voter to being quite an environmentalist, and he joined Greenpeace in his later years. And I guess just from reading and life experiences. So you were out and about at Lyttelton Farmers’ Market on Saturday with the Plastic Bag Free campaign? We were just talking to people in the street and giving information. A lot of people are right behind it. There’s been a huge uptake of people using reusable bags at the market now. After local body elections it would be nice to establish a dialogue with the council about it. And what else have you been involved with during your time in Lyttelton? I used to do voluntary work at the Lyttelton Information Centre for three or four years. And we have a tree planting initiative at Urumau Reserve. I’ve sort of just this year got involved with planting and watering. liquidating stock now!! Still Pedalling! It’s time Trevor Crowe’s been involved with cars for a while. You can benefit from his experience at... under new ownership from mid august Windmill Centre, Riccarton Ph 348 6929 Open Hours: Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm Sat 10am - 4pm Sizes 14+ Proudly NZ Owned & 90% NZ Made Full Workshop Services WOF’s | Service Checks | Wheel Alignments Brakes | Clutches | Tyres etc All makes & models CAR SALES Great range of Subarus & other makes from $5,000 - $35,000 View at www.crowesport.co.nz 518 Moorhouse Ave (East end) Phone 379 7615 or email: service@crowesport.co.nz To have your ‘repairs’ inspected. We can help with assessments and advocacy until you get the level best from your insurance policy. Ph: 03 377 8855 | 127 Ferry Road, Christchurch City E: reception@earthquakeservices.co.nz | W: www.earthquakeservices.co.nz NO WIN NO FEE
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