West Taratahi Hall

25/09/2024

dont forget, tomorrow is the AGM for the West Taratahi Hall, 730pm at the hall, all welcome

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20/09/2024

our next "come around and have an awesome afternoon gardening etc" is to be held next Saturday the 28th at the hall and house grounds. See you at 1.30pm and if you have loppers etc, please bring them along. A cuppa afterwards and chat is always a great time to catch up with friends and neighbours.

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02/09/2024

our next games evening at the hall will be on the 5th of September at 7pm all welcome come for a fun evening , meet some locals and have a cuppa.

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29/08/2024

Last Sundays get together at the hall was a great afternoon, so many people turned up, and we had three very informative and interesting talks from WREMO, Wellington Free Ambulance and Carterton Council. Many thanks to Mel, Cheryl and Sandra.
It was a good catch up, lots of new faces and lots to think about.
Thanks for all the ideas and opinions on what the house/land area could be used for. We put out there the possibility of a children’s bike track, play area and a gated/fenced car park. We are looking at also having the hall as a civil defence hub, and are working with Mel on what we need to do to make this work. We also are keen on a tennis court on the grass, this seems quiet popular. Wed like to have a defib on the front of the hall also.
Thank you to Sandra for the support and advise, as always, much appreciated.
Cheryl is keen to run a CPR course at the hall, looking at a date in October at this stage. If you are keen, let us know, and we will start booking this in. This will be the first step, and next we are looking at funding for a defib for the front of the hall, accessible to all.
We are still keen to hear your ideas, it is a community hall and a great little asset to the area.
As most will know, we are available to hire for private use, and also community meetings. The use of the hall has increased markedly over the last couple of years, with a variety of users.

So please, keep an eye out on the hall, let us know your thoughts, and think about what you’d like to see the hall and grounds used for.
We have our next games evening the 5th September at 7pm. These are a great fun evening.
The AGM will be the 26th September, more info to follow.

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18/08/2024

The hall and grounds are available for hire at very reasonable rates. We are having quiet a few birthday partys at the hall, especially for little ones. please email [email protected] for more info.

30/07/2024

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐇𝐈 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍
𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟓𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐓 𝟏.𝟑𝟎𝐏𝐌...

• We have WREM0 and Wellington free ambulance coming along to talk about CPR course and what happens in the event of an emergency in our area
• We have neighbourhood support groups coming along
• We have outside children’s play equipment coming from Masterton council
• We have a BBQ and refreshments

This is your chance to discuss and put forward any ideas regarding the future plans for the house land. We currently have the following ideas:

𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑠 𝑏𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘, 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎, 𝐵𝐵𝑄 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎, 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑟-𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠, 𝑐𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑏… come along and have a look at the initial concept and proposed plans

Check out the hall and grounds if you haven’t been for a while, see all the improvements that have been made. The hall is available for hire at very reasonable rates!

Get together with your neighbours and meet up with your local neighbourhood support team.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐒𝐕𝐏 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟐𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬: 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥@𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐫 𝟎𝟐𝟕𝟒𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟕𝟔𝟎

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24/07/2024

our next games evening will be on the 8th of august at 7pm all welcome come for a fun evening , meet some locals and have a cuppa

Just a reminder that our first games evening will be held tomorrow Thursday the 13th of June
Scrabble, trivial pursuit, articulate, cards and a few other games
From 7pm till 9pm with supper provided
Will have the heat pump on so don’t worry about the cold evening and our very new toilets are all working too
Come along for a fun and friendly evening.
Any other game ideas welcome.
Gold coin donation towards supper

23/07/2024

a succesful working bee on Sunday at the hall, thanks to everyone who came to help. We got some weeding at the front done, new flower plants put in , and the trellis privacy screen in front of the toilets put up. Thanks also to the guys tidying up the house section, looking ready for the next phase.

19/07/2024

due to the weather today, will put off the working bee till tomorrow ( sunday) at 1.30pm, the weather looks better

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18/07/2024

We are having a working bee at the hall on 20th July at 1.30pm

We have some gardening and tidying up of the trees and some weeding. We are putting in 2 styles to get over the fences where we don’t want gates. Also a bit more tidying up around the new toilet block. Any help at all would be more than welcome. As usual well be putting on refreshmenst afterwards

If you have any garden tools, please bring along. This will be a good chance to come and see all the improvements to the hall that’s been going on.
Look forward to seeing you all there.

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12/06/2024

Just a reminder that our first games evening will be held tomorrow Thursday the 13th of June
Scrabble, trivial pursuit, articulate, cards and a few other games
From 7pm till 9pm with supper provided
Will have the heat pump on so don’t worry about the cold evening and our very new toilets are all working too
Come along for a fun and friendly evening.
Any other game ideas welcome.
Gold coin donation towards supper

06/06/2024

05/06/2024

We are very excited to announce our very first games evening to be held next Thursday the 13th of June
Scrabble, trivial pursuit, yahtzee, articulate, cards and a few other games
From 7pm till 9pm with supper provided
Will have the heat pump on so don’t worry about the cold evening and our very new toilets are all working too
Come along for a fun and friendly evening.
Any other game ideas welcome.
Gold coin donation towards supper

25/05/2024

With the winter almost here, we are looking to see if there is any interest in a board games evening at the hall, during the week maybe 7-9pm.

Also a car boot sale, maybe a Sunday am

Also a dance, 60’s and 70’s music, maybe once a month?

If you think youd be keen on any of the above ideas, let us know. If the we get some interest we are keen to give it a go.

Also we have our new toilets installed and working. These are a fantastic addition to the hall complex with the extra outside lights, and new path. And for the games evening , we have a heat pump inside to keep warm!

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02/04/2024

𝙇𝒂𝙩𝒆𝙨𝒕 𝒇𝙧𝒐𝙢 Phoenix Astronomical Society (NZ)
"𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝!!"

We are truly in the beginning of Autumn - the nights become longer and cooler - and the night sky moves over coming months to present the Milky Way at its best Our Bulletin this month provides detail on what is offered in the April Sky as well as provide good reading opportunities to consider. This month we include the initiatives being taken by New Zealand to build on our nascent space activity. The link below refers.

This month we also include a link to Te Patiki, the newsletter of the Palmerston North Astronomical Society. This newsletter includes an article that identifies how to find Comet 12P (Pons-Brooks) that will appear in our southern skies during April.

The next meeting of TPAS will be on Saturday 6 April 2024 at 7pm at the West Taratahi Hall, 713 Chester Road, Carterton. A new venue as we seek to improve our community accessibility but also provide a dark sky opportunity for observation. This venue is easily accessed with plenty of parking. Access from the North is through Norfolk Road, turning right at the Waingawa roundabout, while access from the South is by turning left into Chester Road at its intersection with SH2 at Clareville near the Wairarapa A&P Showgrounds.

This month we have Robin Warnes presenting "From a Simple Box comes Wonder", a discussion on his experiences with emerging new technology for astronomical observation. This technology may have a similar impact for home based astronomy as digital imaging had on film photography.

TPAS is Wairarapa based, particularly Carterton, while its membership includes the wider regions.

Bulletin: https://shorturl.at/abfCQ
Te Patiki: https://shorturl.at/jCIJZ

16/03/2024

More positive developments at the West Taratahi Hall! Preparation is underway for a new toilet block. We are very excited to finally getting this new addition coming together, Many thanks to all those involved. Will keep you all updated with progress.

17/10/2023

we have a few vacancies left to hire the hall for the remainder of the year, for your childs party or family get together.

23/09/2023

Our AGM will be held on Thursday the 28th September 7pm at the hall. All welcome, parking inside the gate.