LOCAL NEWS AND ACTIVITIES

OCTOBER 2023

Our AGM is SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER 2PM at the heritage Hub.

Join us for afternoon tea, and an update on the past year and plans for the future.

JUNE 2023

A great series of articles in the Clutha Leader's "Museum Moments" on the historic importance of gold mining in Tuapeka Mouth. From historian and former resident Bill Cowan.

https://www.cluthaleader.co.nz/news/field-significant-in-use-of-technology/

https://www.cluthaleader.co.nz/news/pump-scheme-failed-to-strike-gold/

https://www.cluthaleader.co.nz/news/gold-operations-lose-their-shine/

(see page Tuapeka Mouth Goldfield)

MARCH 2023

WOW. Summer Project Hub Building Upgrade

Great job done! New exterior barge boards, painting of roof and buildings - now shining in the late summer sun.

Thanks to a grant from Lottery Otago/Southland Community Committee and the work done so efficiently by Aleph Vav Interiors Ltd.

FEBRUARY 2023

DEFIBRILLATOR Thanks to the Clutha Valley Lions a defibrillator is now available - on the door of the Hub lounge building.

FEBRUARY 2023

*HERITAGE HUB BUILDING UPGRADE IS UNDERWAY.

At the Heritage Hub Trust AGM 30 October 2022 we were pleased to announce that we have received a grant from the Lottery Community Grant Scheme of $27000. So watch out over the summer for significant upgrade of the hub church building - maintenance of roof and external painting.

The grant scheme recognised the "Benefits to the Community" which the Heritage Hub site offers to visitors and locals.

Before.... ( After.... to come )

Some facebook responses:

Karen Roughan Well done. All the best with your refurbishment.

Julie Hall Excellent news hope it well spent to keep this community building in good repair for locals and visitors to enjoy

Cassandra Dodds Awesome news Mum will be smiling down from heaven (Daphne Dodds)

Wendy Gibb Well done great news.

Jill Wright Excellent news. Well done

Marie Dobson Wahoo! Well done to the local community.

Helen McGowan Great news.

Joanna Hocking Brilliant news

YOGA AT THE LOUNGE

Yoga for every body. Beginners welcome. Sundays, 8.30 - 9.30 am, Tuapeka Mouth Heritage Hub lounge. BYO mat, cushion and a small blanket

SUMMER 2022 HISTORIC FIND

Historical Scales Saved Just In Time - great article in ODT.

https://www.odt.co.nz/.../historical-scales-saved-just-time

Keep up-to-date: Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HeritageHub/

Friday 6 August 2021 Great article in today's ODT...Taking a punt -the good Life in Tuapeka

Yoda and Tuapeka Mouth punt operator Tom Jones.PHOTO: MARY-JO TOHILL

Tuapeka Mouth punt operator Tom Jones has a new first mate.

He sports a very nice bow tie, and his cable-knitted coat is British Lancastrian red in deference to his master’s English origins — perhaps even reflecting the side Mr Jones might have taken in the 15th-century War of the Roses.

With a Star Wars-inspired name and Mexican roots, Yoda the chihuahua has taken to rural river life like guacamole to tortilla chips or a duck to water, in much the same way as his owners, Mr Jones and his wife Vicki Yarker-Jones, of Tapanui.

See more at...

https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/rural-people/taking-punt-%E2%80%94-good-life-tuapeka

MONDAY 8th FEBRUARY 2021

"PICNIC AT THE PUNT" celebrating 125 years of the Tuapeka Mouth Ferry

YES A SUCCESSFUL DAY

SEE THE FACEBOOK PHOTOS February 8 2021 https://www.facebook.com/HeritageHub

AND THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES ARTICLE AND VIDEO https://www.odt.co.nz/.../anecdotes-flow-punt-anniversary

This Waitangi Monday we are celebrating 125 years since a punt crossing was opened at this location.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021 AT 10 AM– 2 PM

Picnic at the Punt for Waitangi Monday

Punters from near and far will be in Tuapeka Mouth for an informal gathering, which will include celebratory photos at 11am, Noon and 1pm, and Vicki and The Morris Coffee Co will be there with coffee, cake, and cold drinks. Bring your own picnic, or register with The Morris Coffee Co on Facebook to pre-order one. NB. BYO table and chairs, as there's only the 6 seater picnic table there, and we expect to be busy! https://www.facebook.com/HeritageHub

Hopefully weather and river conditions will be good for this occasion. Some 25 punts used to operate on the Clutha River, but the Tuapeka Mouth Ferry is the only one remaining in service. In fact, it is the last remaining river powered ferry in the Southern Hemisphere. It's FREE and extremely enjoyable, and it's recently gained nationwide attention in the past few months, thanks to the increased number of Kiwi travellers, and recent social media exposure, and they come from as far afield as Thames, Kapiti Coast, Whakatane, Kaitaia and Nelson, and we've even had some from Auckland...

It will also be a chance to visit other spots at Tuapeka Mouth: the Heritage Hub for its historical details and a caravan park over property, the restored Catholic Church St Augustine’s, the old primary school, the cricket ground the ‘wasp’s nest’ home to the Clutha Valley Stingers, who are due to play a T20 game, starting at 1pm, and the Tuapeka River Dam walk to the 100 year old concrete dam and other remnants of the goldmining era.

You can find out more about the history of the Tuapeka Mouth Ferry, and a list of the operators over the last 125 years. Check out http://www.tuapekamouthferry.co.nz/Tuapeka-Mouth-Ferry/

And updates on the ferry here (recommended to Like and Follow) as you'll get daily updates, and in case of cancellation or for further details:

https://www.facebook.com/TuapekaMouthFerry

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