A Ngaio historian wants public feedback on a proposal to give the reserve in Tarikaka Street the name ‘Carran Park’. Bruce Carran was the lawyer who played a major role in helping railway settlement tenants buy their homes from NZ Railways in 1989.  However, he was later linked with the collapse of the Druids Friendly Society.

City Life-Independent Herald ran the story this week and sent us a copy.

Scoundrel or Hero? Page 1 Independent Herald 17 February (PDF)

Scoundrel or Hero? Page 15 Independent Herald 17 February (PDF)

The paper wants your feedback.  So do we!  Send your comments to:

editorial@citylifenews.co.nz

Wellington City Council is planning to classify 37 sites around Wellington as reserves to give them more protection.  They are places that most of us already regard as reserve or wilderness  but they lack official reserve classification.

Two of these sites are in the Outer Green Belt near Ngaio.

• Awarua Street Reserves - above Awarua Street and Vasanta Avenue
• Kilmister Tops - part of the main ridge behind Crofton Downs and Otari-Wilton’s Bush

“It is all good news as far as Ngaio Progressive Association is concerned.  We feel passionate about our backdrop and skylines. they are part of our identity.”

The Council wants your ideas, and is calling for submissions by 12 February.

Read more on the Wellington City Council website.  This includes maps of the sites and brief descriptions of them.