Yes, you can still donate to our Whalery project through Give-a-Little!
Our whalery “cause” page closed on 30 April, but we still need to raise $5,000 to cover the building costs. So, all donations to our general page (unless you indicate otherwise) will go into that fund … we’re very close to our goal now — Hooray! And check out the YouTube video–CLICK HERE . (You can also “Like” us on Facebook)
Our Whalery project is listed in the just-published 2016 Nelson Bays Community Foundation “Beacon of Opportunities” listing. We really appreciate the support of NBCF in increasing awareness of our project, especially as we’re the first one listed (and we’ve always known it’s an opportunity for our community to share one of our BIG local stories!)
The foundation itself also provides an alternative, private and secure way of making donations. Click on the links below to find out more.
http://www.nbcf.org.nz/news/beacon-opportunities-2016-released/
Update (13 May) — Believe it or not … the flagpole blew over in the storm of 12/13 May — it was rotten at the base. In crashing to the footpath, its top snapped off, so it’s beyond saving. Sad to lose something over a century old, but at least no one was hurt.
FLAGPOLE, 73 Commercial Street. Does anyone have knowledge of or interest in the flagpole outside the Golden Bay Museum, 73 Commercial Street? The Museum Board and TDC are considering removal/disposal of the flagpole as part of the Whalery project and associated garden layout. Any information to the Museum, please: ph 525-6268 or email: goldenbaymuseum@xtra.co.nz
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Let’s Get the Whale into the Whalery!Thank you to everyone who came to learn a lot from the documentaries, Sophie White (Otago University) and Mike Ogle (DOC, Takaka). It was a reaffirming event, and we raised $500 (after expenses) towards our target. With other recent significant donations — there’s just another $15,000 to go… Please GIVE A LITTLE if you can
The planned extension to Golden Bay Museum Te Waka Huia o Mohua to tell the story of our local marine environment is almost within grasp.
Just before Christmas, the Museum learnt its Lottery Grants application for $40,000 was successful–Hooray! The museum has now raised $97,000 from a variety of grant and other sources towards the whalery and preparation of the whale skeleton that will be the focal point of the displays. All that’s needed is a final $20,000 to make it happen.
Donations over $5 are eligible for tax credit refunds of 33.3%, and all donations of $1,000 or more will be recorded on a permanent donors’ board inside the whalery.
How to donate:
Fundraising screening: Two Golden Bay whale stranding documentaries, Stranded! (1997) and Once a Pod of Whales (2012) will be screened at the Village Theatre on Sunday 7 February at 2pm. Tickets ($20, includes refreshments) are available from Paradise Video (next to the museum) and Collingwood Post and Gifts. Phone Penny (524-8112 or 021-02333-770) for more information.
Happy New Year — we’re looking forward to 2016. Come on in (10-4 every day) and meet Jock in his new role and regalia as Master of Freemasons Golden Bay Lodge no. 144 as part of our summer exhibition. To read more about the exhibition, click on this link: Secret Societies
Our stall at the Collingwood Market on 31 December raised $415 — a great help to balancing our budget. Thanks!
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This year’s commemoration of the first recorded meeting between Maori and another people was a great success. A total of about 40 people (who had not previously been part of the annual event) came to the monument, the museum, Taupo Point and the boat trip out into Golden Bay/Mohua. It’s a reflection of growing interest in this important national heritage story. For more information go to the dedicated website: www.abeltasman.org.nz
A couple of participants produced wonderful surprises: one was a bracelet created by five linked silver book clasps from an 18th-century notebook/almanac produced by the VOC (Dutch East India Company) office in Delft. Here is one link of the bracelet:
Our 25th anniversary events on 17 & 22 October were a great success–thank you all for your support. The four heritage site visits attracted around 40 people at each location–and we raised $232 for the museum at the River Inn dinner & quiz night. Hooray–we’re setting a trend for the next 25 years!
Opposite the Fonterra factory in Takaka … Lester Pomeroy & Robin Manson talk about Golden Bay dairy factories, a story that began in the 1850s.
Earlier in the month, we very much enjoyed meeting Netherlands Ambassador Rob Zaagman and his wife Monique Zaagman-Bos on Monday 12 October. They’ll be back!
Ambassador Rob Zaagman (centre) at Golden Bay Museum on 12 October, with researchers Dave Horry (L) and Robert Jenkin (R), creator of the 1642 “first meeting” diorama behind them.
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