Nor'West News: November 05, 2019

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Charity gift shop moves out
• By Claire Booker
COMMUNITY activities in
Mairehau could suffer due to a
loss of funding as a charity gift
shop moves out of the suburb.
Pay it Forward which has
been in the suburb for the last
six years, is moving to a pop-up
store in Cashel St.
Part of the shop’s commission
went to the Neighbourhood
Trust which runs community
events in Mairehau.
Last year, about $13,000 went
to the Neighbourhood Trust,
which funds community events
and workshops, including a free
class for non-English speaking
people in the area.
About 40 heavily subsidised
craft and Kidsfest classes
were held last year, and Pay It
Forward founder Ginny Larsen
said it will be a loss for some
members of the community who
used the craft classes as a creative
outlet.
Mrs Larsen said it will be
up to the Neighbourhood
Trust to apply for funding to
keep the community projects
going.
Said Mrs Larsen: “I wouldn’t
expect them to fold.”
Pay It Forward will no longer
be under the Neighbourhood
Trust umbrella, and it will rebrand
as the Kowhai Collective
at its new pop-up store next to
Ballantynes.
‘I guess Pay It Forward was
my baby’
– Ginny Larsen
The Nancy Ave site where the
gift shop was will continue to be
used as a community space, but
Neighbourhood Trust manager
Trudy Hedges said there are no
plans for what it will be used for
yet.
Mrs Larsen said the shop
moving out of Mairehau is like a
teenager leaving home.
“I guess Pay It Forward
was my baby, and now it is
reaching young person age and
is ready to flee the nest,” Mrs
Larsen said.
Said Mrs Larsen: “The new
space will have makerspaces in
it, so visitors to our store will be
able to interact with designers
LAST
DAY: Pay
it Forward
Mairehau
closed
its doors
last week,
designer
Nicola
Keene will
be part of
the move to
the pop-up
store in the
CBD called
The Kowhai
Collective.
PHOTO:
GEOFF
SLOAN ​
and watch them making the
goods on display for sale. We
love this new concept.
“The local community has
loved having something beautiful
in their neighbourhood and
it has been a place for them to
pop in and have a chat. The
Neighbourhood Trust has
provided us with a home for the
past six years and we will miss
this community, but the CBD
will be accessible to people from
all parts of town,” she said.
In Brief
WATER RESTRICTIONS
Residents in St Albans, Merivale,
Mairehau, Papanui and Edgeware
will have water restrictions for
at least three to four weeks in
January. The level one restrictions
mean hoses, sprinklers and
garden irrigation systems are
permitted on alternate days. The
restrictions will allow a deeper
well to be drilled at the Grassmere
pump in Papanui.
SAFETY TALK
Last week, police, Fire and
Emergency NZ and St John
spent a morning at the Bishopdale
Village Mall to meet residents,
share a hot drink and talk about
safety. More than 100 hot drinks
were purchased at the event.
Police and FENZ also visited
houses on Breens Rd where
they helped install new smoke
alarms and checked on home
safety.
CHOIR CONCERT
The annual concert for The
Vocal Collective will be held on
Saturday at St Margaret’s College.
Local charities have been invited
to a free matinee performance,
and more than 450 free tickets
have already been allocated.
Tickets can be purchased from
https://thevocalcollective.co.nz/
the concert is set to start at
7.30pm.
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