Bay Harbour: March 17, 2021
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• By Samantha Mythen<br />
THE LYTTELTON <strong>Harbour</strong><br />
Information Centre’s new<br />
manager wants the public to<br />
know the resource is not just for<br />
peninsula visitors but is available<br />
for the community too.<br />
Jane Davies says the centre<br />
has a wealth of information<br />
about what is happening in the<br />
harbour area, from a directory of<br />
local businesses, public transport<br />
timetables, community events,<br />
and walking tracks.<br />
The centre also has a new<br />
chairman, Chris Brown.<br />
Brown said they want to<br />
change the perception of the<br />
organisation being just a visitor<br />
centre.<br />
“We want to increase local<br />
community engagement,” he<br />
said.<br />
They are hoping to increase<br />
the engagement in time for when<br />
Lyttelton hosts SailGP in January<br />
next year. The centre wants to be<br />
the go-to place for information<br />
on the event.<br />
Said Davies: “We will provide<br />
answers to any questions the<br />
community may have about the<br />
event’s affect on Lyttelton.”<br />
The centre is made up of about<br />
20 volunteers. They are currently<br />
looking to expand their team.<br />
“A lot of the visitors to the<br />
centre are young people and so<br />
we would love to have a young<br />
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person on the team,” Davies<br />
said.<br />
Davies is originally from the<br />
United Kingdom.<br />
She immigrated to New<br />
Zealand again two-and-a-half<br />
years ago, calling herself a “yo-yo<br />
pom,” having lived here previously.<br />
It had always been her dream<br />
to live in Lyttelton and now, she<br />
finally calls it her home.<br />
“It is a great place to make<br />
friends and the dream was<br />
always the view of the harbour,”<br />
Davies said.<br />
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“It always tugged at my heart.”<br />
Having immersed herself in<br />
the community while volunteering<br />
for the centre since she first<br />
moved back here, Davies jumped<br />
at the opportunity to be the new<br />
manager.<br />
“I love volunteering in Lyttelton,<br />
and most of all, I love<br />
the volunteers that work here.<br />
They’re a great bunch of people,’’<br />
she said.<br />
Brown is also originally from<br />
the UK. He has lived in Lyttelton<br />
for 24 years.<br />
Like Davies, he loves living in<br />
Lyttelton where no two days are<br />
the same.<br />
Said Brown: “I felt welcome<br />
here from day one.”<br />
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