North Canterbury News: February 29, 2024

OUR TOWN KAIAPOI
North Canterbury News, February 29, 2024
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Events to continue
By JOHN COSGROVE
Celebrating rowing ... Checking the mural’s colour palette at the Cure Boating Club were
(from left) club treasurer Gendie Woods, and mural artists Mel Eaton and Margot Korhonen.
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Artistic celebration
Celebrate rowing on the Kaiapoi River was
the brief artist Mel Eaton was given by the
Cure Boating Club, when it asked for ideas
for amural on the exterior walls of its new
club rooms in the riverside town.
Her idea for a40metre long mural
wrapping around the ends of the building
and the side facing the river, not only
celebrates rowing, but also water, while
promoting Kaiapoi.
‘‘I thought of the times they go rowing,
early morning or in the evening, and that
gave me the colour palette to work with ­
deep blues and purples to warm golden
yellows.’’
Thanks to funding support from
members of the public, the club and the
Waimakariri Public Arts Trust, the new
mural will soon be seen in its entirety as
work starts on it this weekend.
‘‘I’m incorporating the clubs colours ­
Purple ­into the design which shows crews
in action on the river alongwith avery
large Kaiapoi sign.’’
Mel and the club hope the new mural
will become an icon for visitors as the
Kaiapoi lettering will have aunique
reflection component built into its
creation.
‘‘At high tide it will reflect in the river
and spell Kaiapoi correctly in the
reflection as you view it.
‘‘This is called aAmbigram. When you
just look at mural you will notice some of
the letter’s are spelt both correctly and
also upside down. This means they spell
Kaiapoi correctly when viewed as a
reflection.’’
To create amural this big, Mel and
fellow mural specialist painter Margot
Korhonen will project life­size elements of
it on to the wall.
Cure Boating Club Treasurer Gendie
Woods says it was important to have the
purple boats there as these were the
original colours of the 154 year old club.
‘‘We are the fourth oldest club in the
country, and when it was reformed in 1868
we chose purple as our signature colour.’’
The club has set up adonations page to
invite residents and visitors to donate
towards the mural and to help finish the
rebuilding of the quake damaged club
rooms.
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Kaiapoi Promotions Association are in
talks with the soon to be wound up All
Together Kaiapoi, about taking over
several of its high profile signature
events.
The non­profit organisation says they
wish to continue its work to strengthen
and enhance the present and future
community of Kaiapoi.
‘‘We have aproposal lodged with All
Together Kaiapoi(ATK) to begin
discussions about taking over their
Matariki and Waitangi Day activities,’’
says KPA chair Janine Duke.
‘‘We already have the resources,
funding and experience to run the
Christmas Carnival and Santa Parade,
and we could easily take onboard their
two main events.’’
She says ATK have done an amazing
job over the years with the festivals and
events they have organised, and the
Kaiapoi Promotions Association wants
to maintain the legacy of these events.
‘‘We would like these events to stay in
Kaiapoi, and are keen to sit down and
talk with them about how we can make
these events part of our organisation,’’
Mrs Duke says.
However, she says it will be amatter
of ‘wait and see’ as to what ATK do, as
the KPA are not the only people who
have expressed an interest to the ATK
in taking over the running of the
Matariki and Waitangi Day events.
‘‘With our resources and access to
funding we have alot of offer and we
would also see an increase in
participation by the many of the smaller
business here in Kaiapoi.’’
The next event on the KPA’s agenda is
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‘‘It’s our goal to keep on improving the
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