Down with the pollution notice Hataitai Beach

 Hi there

Today in NZ it is Friday, Matariki Day.  Maori New Year.

above...  : Matariki star cluster.  can be seen close to dawn.

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After lots of emails and phone calls with departments who have all been saying "taking down the Hataitai Beach pollution notice is not our responsibility", we finally got the notices taken down.  The notices  should have been taken down on 29 May, a few days after the storm we had at that time.

Unfortunately, the seawall works and roadworks are still there.  Fo!low the gravel maze to the beach deck.

We discovered today that when it's a high tide the actual beach disappears.  Tough luck beach-goers come next summer.  Did anyone check on the outcome of building this seawall?

The shortest day swim is Sunday 22nd.  11 30 am.  Hataitai Beach 

Matariki - Maori New Year

Hi there

It's Matariki, the Maori New Year.  Mid-winter.  Matariki is a time to remember ancestors, store crops, gather fish, give thanks.  'Matariki' star system (the Pleiades) shines once a year in the heavens above Aotearoa (New Zealand).  Over the last couple of decades, Matariki has become widely recognised as a time for celebration.  There are exhibitions, shows, many occasions to honour Matariki
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Below is a link to tell about Matariki

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/matariki-maori-new-year