The Duncan Pavilion

22/12/2024

This evenings view from Castlecliff

20/12/2024

If you're thinking of booking The Duncan Pavilion it's time to rattle your dags and get your booking request in.
Although the pavilion still has some availability over the Christmas / New Year period our booking team deserve a break so won't be processing any bookings from/including this Sunday 22nd and will start processing bookings again Tuesday 7th January.
https://www.spacetoco.com/space/duncan-pavilion

11/12/2024

No we don't want seabed mining off our coast!

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10/12/2024

Looking good in Whanganui Midweek' s quiz
The other great thing is you can book the Duncan Pavilion online...
https://www.spacetoco.com/host/progress-castlecliff

06/12/2024

01/12/2024

Shelf Life: Issue 6. Libraries are the Social Canary in the Coalmine.
Whanganui has a wonderful network of libraries based around the Davis central library with smaller suburban satellite branches in Whanganui East, Aramoho, Gonville and Castlecliff. These all carry a wide range of reading: children’s and young adult titles, graphic novels and hundreds of books crossing all genres from romance, mystery, western, science, health, gardening, cooking and biographies - you name it and our libraries probably have it. A library is a book bank. You can withdraw a book, get interested in it then return it when you are finished and get out another one. All it requires is a library card. Libraries, as ‘book banks’ of knowledge are something we cannot bank on in a world where a combination of cost cutting and the rise of book banning in many countries is challenging long held assumptions about the value of libraries to communities. In the USA there has been a dramatic rise in the number of books disappearing from the shelves of school libraries prompted by the concerns of conservatives who feel that young people should not be able to read and learn about such things as the history of slavery or about gender questions. NB: I note with wry amusement that in some cases those wanting to ban certain books will admit they have never actually read them themselves but have decided they are full of ‘dangerous’ ideas. A recent article by PEN America highlighted 2,532 instances of books being banned across 32 American States between July 2021 to June 2022. The Taliban have recently distributed a list of 400 banned books to libraries in Kabul, Afghanistan, prohibiting their sale and mandating the removal of any works “deemed incompatible with Taliban principles”. The books may be different from those banned in the USA but the attempt to control what people can and cannot read is similar. This says nothing about the quality of the writing. “You cannot judge a book by its cover”. Some books contain ‘bad’ writing by good people. Others have good writing by ‘bad’ people. It is so important that people decide this for themselves rather than it being removed from libraries because a minority feel they need to limit access to knowledge. There are so many books and so little time to ensure this does not happen here in our own country.
Terry is a volunteer at Castlecliff library, musician and writer.

01/12/2024

Hey Freedom Campers The Duncan Pavilion is NOT your clothesline!

29/11/2024

28/10/2024

Bugger...
Mikes bike was safe as out tbe Cliff but some clown in Tauranga thought they needed it more!

From NZ Herald...
King vents fury over theft of bike on NZ tour

Ben Tomsett · Oct 28, 2024

Mike King is offering a reward for the return of his custom electric bike, which was stolen while he was on a cycling tour of New Zealand to raise awareness for youth climate anxiety.
In a expletive-laden video posted to social media, the entertainer and mental health campaigner said the bike was stolen by “some f***face” outside the Number One Shoes store in Baycourt, Tauranga, while he was getting a haircut nearby.
King has been undertaking a nationwide “I Am Climate Hope” tour.
“Unbelievable. This is what the world’s coming to,” he said.
“As you can tell, I’m p***ed. How the f**k can these fleas get away with this s**t?
“Thieving pricks is all they are. I’d love to get hold of them and f**king deal to them.”
Towards the end of the video, he said he would give a $500 reward out of his own pocket to anyone who came forward with the thief’s address.
A spokesperson for I Am Climate Hope said King was “in pain and exhausted” from his journey, and was now without the UBCO bike he has relied on to reach communities across New Zealand.
With increasing numbers of young people expressing mental health struggles tied to the impacts of climate change, King had dedicated this journey to providing support, hope and practical solutions, the spokesperson said.
Launched on October 1, the tour has seen King travel more than 4850km to engage with communities and address rising youth climate anxiety.
Police were investigating the theft, and King’s team had urged anyone with relevant information to come forward.
Updates and photos of the missing bike have been shared on King’s Instagram, along with footage of the individual suspected of taking it.

24/10/2024

23/10/2024

Yay sand cleared from the carparks!
Thanks Whanganui District Council

Book your event - now with even more free car parking 😀
https://www.spacetoco.com/space/duncan-pavilion

17/10/2024

Some people measure the arrival of summer on a date, some on stars, some on bird migrations, some on summer solstice.
For Castlecliff the appearance of the first dedicated sunbathers seems to be an appropriate measure.

15/10/2024

Trialing new light in The Duncan Pavilion . A lot brighter than existing hanging bulbs with cheap rice paper globes plus new one is dimable & colour temp changable.
Thoughts? We've got a great deal and can upgrade all 7 lights for under $400.

Reminder - book your event - we're a non-profit and every $ earned from bookings goes back into keeping and improving this iconic venue.
https://www.spacetoco.com/space/duncan-pavilion

15/10/2024

coming up in Whanganui No. 3
preorder online: www.photonews.co.nz or $5 cash from Paige's Book Gallery or Victoria Rhodes Flowers during opening hours.

Sport Whanganui / Scott Phillips / Wanganui Motorcycle Club / Caroline's Boatshed Bar / Irene Emily Hayes / Velo Ronny's Bicycle Store

Out 19th October 2024