I am enjoying my two pōtae – my dual roles – managing the Devonport Peninsula Trust and Devonport Community House. Together, the two organisations provide many opportunities for this community.

There are lots of great things happening at the House, including a fun ‘SwapShop’ event on May 13th. Go to www.devonportcomhouse.co.nz to view.

New website for the Trust - We were delighted to launch a new website for the Trust at the end of April. To visit, please go to www.dpt.nz.

After I posted on the excellent ‘Volunteering Auckland’ website, we were approached by Urs Steck, a generous Bays resident, who has kindly built our new site, working with us closely to make sure that the site will do what we want it to do. We hope that the site will help our community to access the opportunities our local organisations offer, and also hope that there may be people in our community who can help us to provide those opportunities.

Emergency Management Support – I am continuing to support the development of emergency support across the peninsula. With the support of ANCAD and other members of the Devonport group, a meeting was held April 26 at The Rose Centre, to help the Belmont/Bayswater community set up guidelines and structures like those set up for the Devonport area itself.

Restoring Takarunga Hauraki – This group has reached such a size that it has decided to set up its own Trust. The process is well under way, but there are many matters to address as they establish their own structures. An enormous amount of support from those with a passion for environmental restoration is helping the group to address these. Visit the group at www.rth.org.nz.

Devonport Senior Forum

Two meetings in April – Members enjoyed a great discussion with Northcote M.P. Shanan Halbert on 20 April, and at the time of writing, were looking forward to a forthcoming  discussion with Professor Vanessa Burholt on the topic of dementia.

Mid-winter dip – Set for the morning of June 25. Let’s see if we can get 350 dippers!!

Please contact me at nigelbioletti@devonportpeninsulatrust.nz with any questions or suggestions.