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BAY VIEWS Email: [email protected] March 2019
OpenArts Inc
Almost an Island Exhibition 2019
Macandrew Bay Hall
April 11 – 22
Daily from 10 - 4
(Opening evening Wednesday 10 from 5:30)
A collection of Peninsula Arts Paintings; Pottery; Photography; Ceramics;
Wood Carving; Scuplture. Come and enjoy the ambience of our Annual
“Almost an Island” exhibition.
Eftpos available
Greetings for 2019. We are here again, our fifth
year, and looking forward to sharing with you all
our lovely community has to offer. Email us
anytime with news and events at
This year our valuable advertisers have been asked
to contribute a little more, but nearly everyone has
renewed their contribution for a further year. We
are very grateful indeed for their continuing
support and urge you to use our local services.
Some spaces are still available.
Sustainable Gastronomy Dinner
By Hagar Ozri
The Organic Cook
at Macandrew Bay Community Hall
Friday April 26th at 6pm
cost $65
P | 022-172-3630
W| www.hagarozri.co.nz
ANZAC DAY
Macandrew Bay
Memorial Hall
Thursday 25 April
10 a.m.
Library
News
Macandrew Bay has its own Library, which
dates back to 1878 and is run by perhaps the longest surviving Trust in New Zealand. The Scottish settlers believed in the value of
education for the whole family. On 20 November 1877 the Peninsula
Counties Libraries Act gave an endowment of 18 hectares of land at the end of the
Portobello Peninsula (which had been originally reserved for fortification purposes) to a Library Trust. The land is rented to the
Otago University and the rent provides funding to run libraries at Pukehiki, Portobello and Macandrew Bay.
The current library is located in part of the Memorial building, attached to the hall.
‘Macandrew Bay, a history of a community on the Otago Peninsula’ by Brian and Diane Miller
The Macandrew Bay Library receives $1000 a year with which to purchase books, as well as the $5 per family yearly subscription.
It has a database of all books, available at
www.librarything.com/catalog/MacandrewBayLibrary
The library is run by a group of volunteers with Anne Pentecost as the main librarian.
Opening hours : Wednesday evenings 5.30 to 7.30pm
Friday afternoons 2.30 to 4.30pm and one Sunday afternoon a month 4 to 5pm
(ask us for details)
The year has got off to a great start and the children have been enjoying
settling into their new classrooms. They have been swimming in the
school pool, enjoying the great summer weather. Physical Education
sessions have been outside. The children working with artist Sarah
Flourish to create their own unique self portraits has been special. We
have lots of extra things happening this term with some of the senior
children preparing for the Kids Lit Quiz; a 'Have-a-Go Sailing day' with
Yachting NZ at our local Yacht Club, and the Sport Otago Triathlon.
Our Year 6 children are looking forward to going to School Camp at
Camp Columba in Pukerau in the last week of this term. This is very
different timing to our usual end of year camp, but we think it will give
us the opportunity to benefit from the special bonding that takes place
at School Camp in the remaining three terms of the year.
Our big overarching concept in 2019 is about Change. In Term 1 our
topic is: ‘Who am I, and what is my family story?’ We will be exploring
personal identity and learning about how the past is important to
people, and in particular our families. We will also be learning to write a
personal memoir. This integrated inquiry topic will have a strong
emphasis on Social Studies.
We are looking forward to a great year together at school. We also have
the upcoming Board of Trustee elections in the next few months, so that
is a chance for our parents to get involved in helping choose their
representatives to govern our school. We continue to be very lucky with
a great Board in this role at present, a caring and committed staff, a
hardworking Home and School Committee, and a very supportive wider
parent community. All these things are great ingredients for a positive
and productive community school, such as we have at Macandrew Bay.
Bernadette Newlands, Principal
Did you know
Bay Views is hand-delivered to over 600
households, four times a year.
Publication dates are March, June,
September and late November (for
Christmas news)
Our next deadline for contributions is
Friday 24th May. Let us know if you want
to be added to our ‘reminder’ list.
Summer has finally arrived, and it has been great to see
so many families enjoying the beach on hot days. It is
also pleasing to see the Bay Café has been leased and
hopefully this will bring back much needed vitality to
the shopping area.
The Peninsula Connection Roading Project is
progressing, and while there are delays when
commuting, it is pleasing to see most road users are
being considerate and courteous. Patience is a virtue I
am told!
Annual Plan 2019 - The City Council proposes a 5%
increase in rates this year. This will impact on
homeowners, particularly if this increase becomes
annual. I urge you to engage with the Annual Plan
Process and have your say on any of the issues raised
in the plan. This will become available in coming
months.
The Boards Submission to date includes:
Drainage, footpaths and roading infrastructure
Rubbish, recycling and toilet upgrades to cope
with tourism
Continued support for pest plant, animal control
and biodiversity
Roading maintenance and upgrades
Track and recreational management ( including
playgrounds)
Completion of the Tomahawk issues
Paul Pope, Otago Peninsula Community Board
Chairperson, will have a second opportunity to present
further items in a few months. If you have anything you
would like to raise, or an issue or project you think
should be highlighted, please let Paul or myself know
in the next month.
Paul Pope [email protected]
Edna Stevenson [email protected]
Powerhoop is a fun full body workout with an
emphasis on core strengthening - suitable for almost
everyone! We offer a 45 minute class every Monday
evening from 7.15pm at the Macandrew Bay Hall.
Bookings are essential as space is limited to just 12
people per group. More classes (either day or
evening) can be offered should demand require.
Come along and give it a go. Your first class is free to
try.
Call Lee on 027HOOPERS or
email [email protected]
to learn more about Powerhooping.
SAVE THE OTAGO PENINSULA
(STOP)
Smiths Creek
The phenomenal growth this year means that releasing of the
trees planted from 2016 onwards is particularly urgent so that
they continue to get enough light and don’t have the grass
competing with them. More volunteers needed.
Working Bees
Regular half day working bees continue every Tuesday,
Thursday and Sunday - 9.30am to 12.30.
See the STOP Facebook Page (Save The Otago Peninsula -
STOP- Inc Soc) for details or
Email STOP: [email protected] or
Contact Lala Frazer Ph 478 0339 Text 027 8756 020
We are happy to
have more
committed
members join our singing group in the Macandrew Bay
School Library on Wednesday evenings from 7—8pm.
Our commencement date is Wednesday 24 April
For more information contact Lynne Aldridge on
476 1637
Otago Peninsula Museum News
Our roster for opening on Sunday is now out and we thank all our volunteers for their help with this. We have also been opening, as required, for cruise ship visitors who come across on the ferry ‘Sooty Chaser’. Our Tuesday working bees are underway again. The men have got the forge section sorted, which looks great. Please think about having a copy of your family tree at the Museum. We often get visitors from all sorts of places who are asking about their family that once lived on the Peninsula. If we don't have a copy then we can't unfortunately help them. It does not matter if you are an old established family or a newcomer to the Peninsula, you have lived here. Some early photos from our files show the Andersons Bay causeway and the railway line to Andersons Bay. In 1877 a branch line into Andersons Bay was proposed and in 1878 a meeting proposed that once that line was completed a line to Portobello and the Heads would be built. In the end the Directors felt that there was insufficient support from Peninsula settlers in buying shares to assist the Company to build the line so the idea was scrapped. If you want to contact the Museum our email address is: [email protected]
Macandrew Bay Playcentre children have made an
‘explosive’ start to the year making potions and
volcanoes in the sandpit. Parents actively participate on
session as kaiako/teachers and we’ve sparked
wonderment, awe and fostered curiosity. The children
have all been busy workers experimenting in their world.
We’ve seen Oamaru stone crushed and smashed when
different tools are tried out. We’ve seen play dough
squished into crazy shapes when pressed with different
patterned objects like the sole of new gym shoes. We’ve
seen paint spun, splattered and with great handfuls,
smeared on to large boxes or shells or even on their
faces. Playcentre is just a great fun place to get messy
and spend quality time with your children. We parents
get down to our children’s level and we follow their lead.
Whanau set up materials such as clay, gloop, or play
dough as ‘invitations to play.’ We aim to present familiar
or unfamiliar media in many different ways, essentially to
attract the children’s interests and encourage exploration
and discovery. There is just so much to discover about
water!
Recently the ERO (Education Review Office) team visited
our centre to affirm our work at play. They were very
positive and praised our teamwork, saying “Kia kaha,”
“Keep strong.” Their report will be released at a later
date.
To celebrate Waitangi Day our centre has a tradition of
showing how it cares for the environment through a clean
-up walk around our Macandrew Bay area. We talked
about what was special to us and the children said, "Each
other." We supported them to think about our place as
special too and we want to look after it as well as each
other. The children’s actions of picking up rubbish
illustrated the concept of Kaitiakitanga or
guardianship. We sang a song, ‘Who will honour the
Treaty? I will, we will, you will, we all will.’ Waitangi Day is
a good time to remember about the roles we can all play
to honour the spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi. We can all
think of practical ways we can uphold Maori language,
culture and to work together to look after our unique and
beautiful land.
Our long standing Playcentre member, Colleen Bond
shared her 70th birthday celebrations on this day, as well,
so a very special cake was made in her honour and we
did our very best to help her eat it. The cake was claimed
to be “The best cake ever tasted.”
Macandrew Bay Playcentre sessions are on Tuesdays
and Fridays 9am -12 noon during term time.
Tel 476 0125
Did you know
Our Macandrew Bay Beach is 40 years old this year.
In 1973 a series of meetings were held and a plan was
drawn up with the backing of the Boating Club, the
Residents’ Association and the Dunedin City Council
to ‘transform the present scruffy appearance of the
foreshore and produce an attractive facility for the
general public and boating enthusiasts’.
To celebrate the opening of the Beach Project , a
regatta was held on 11 February 1979, called Bay Day.
There were rowing, swimming and yacht rates,
sandcastle building, trolley races and a pet show—just
like the regattas of the 1920s, without the ferries from
town.
Today residents and tourists alike can enjoy the
parking, sandy beach and landscaped gardens that
Sue Pierre maintained in their early days.
(From ‘Macandrew Bay, a history of
community on the Otago Peninsula’)
What foresight these residents had and what a wonderful
asset we have all appreciated this summer.
Talent in the Bay
“You haven’t interviewed Donald Cullington yet” was the
cry from the Bay Views group. “You really need to, he is
amazing and incredibly talented.” How right they were.
Donald is a pianist, organist, and a translator of Latin into
English. He says that he has three partnerships currently
in his life: his wife of many years, Stella, being the most
important; Sydney Manowitz, the violinist whom many of
you will have heard as the lead violinist in the Dunedin
Symphony Orchestra (DSO) for many years; and John
Hale, whose enlightening column “Wordways” is in the
Otago Daily Times every Thursday.
Stella and Donald are English and met when she was a
member of the church choir in Watford and he was the
organist. Their love of music and love for each other are
still readily apparent. Stella is currently a member of the
City Choir Dunedin and is looking forward to performing in
the St Matthew Passion later in the year. She was a general
practitioner for 41 years and had a special interest in
Family Planning. They have two daughters. Lorna
Boussaha lives in Brussels and works for the European
Council of Ministers where she translates eight languages.
Fiona Pickering lives in Macandrew Bay and plays the flute
in the DSO as well as being a GP. She also teams up with
another Bay resident, pianist Paul Wheeler, to bring music
to the community.
After Donald graduated in Classics at Cambridge
University and qualified in Music, the couple moved to
Northern Ireland where Donald established the Music
Department at Ulster Polytechnic in 1971. They came out in
1975 to Dunedin where Donald became the Director of
Music and Organist at St Paul’s Cathedral, a role he still
assumes when needed. He was also the Dunedin City
Organist and taught music extension courses and summer
school for The University of Otago. In 1979, Stella and
Donald returned to Northern Ireland where Donald was
Head of Music at Ulster University. Luckily for us, in 2003
they returned to Dunedin and built their home at Company
Bay.
Donald and his musical partner, Sydney Manowitz, have
performed several series of recitals together including all
the Beethoven piano-and-violin sonatas in 2016, the Bach
sonatas in 2017, and Mozart Masterpieces in 2018. Fund-
raising concerts for the Caselberg Trust have been
performed in the Cullingtons’ house, which Stella designed
for this purpose. This talented duo also gives concerts to
support various other good causes. The next two concerts
will be part of the Fringe Festival and are to be performed
in Knox Church, 3pm Sunday 24th March and 3pm
Saturday 30th March. (Free entry, but a Koha is
appreciated.)
The Portobello Indoor Recreation Club will be open on
Sunday 24th March 2019 at the Portobello Coronation
Hall starting 7.00pm for Badminton games.
This is a good chance for friends and family to give
badminton a go. We do ask players be from High
School age.
We have a nightly fee to cover Hall hire and equipment.
Adults: $2.00 per night
High School/ University
students: $1.00
After three nights playing you can
join the club and pay an annual
subscription.
If you have any questions, please contact
Geoff Sheridan on 03 478 0688
The pair’s purpose is to make music available to all.
How great is that? The programme, Musical
Treasures of the Romantic Era, sounds wonderful.
What a lovely way to spend a weekend afternoon.
Your reporter will certainly be attending.
Donald and his literary partner, John Hale, have
translated ‘De Doctrina Christiana’ – Volume Eight
of the complete works of John Milton – for Oxford
University Press. The volumes have the Latin on
the left pages and the English translation on the
right. It took ten years for them to complete this
impressive work and resulted in Donald and John
being awarded the John T Shawcross Award by the
Milton Society of America for the most
distinguished edition of John Milton published in
2012.
What an amazingly talented person Donald
Cullington is. Enjoy the concerts at Knox Church
24th and 30th of March and feel proud to have the
Cullington family as part of our community.
Otago Peninsula Anglican Parish
St Aidan’s is an inclusive faith community and all are
welcome to share worship, fellowship, and hospitality.
Our Sunday services are held at 10.00am at Macandrew
Bay School, with morning tea afterwards. Dates of
services are posted on the doors at the main entrance to
the School and at the side entrance from the staff
carpark.
A House Group meets in Macandrew Bay on Tuesday
mornings at 10.00am and you are very welcome to join
us. Please contact Celia (4761 517) for details.
Our first Messy Church Breakfast will be held on Friday 8
March. Messy Church is our local community outreach to
young families in the Bays, established some nine years
ago, and led by local Christians from different Churches.
It happens at Macandrew Bay School on a Friday two or
three times a term. We meet at 7.30am and share
breakfast (gold coin donation per family), then move
through to the School Library for songs, stories, and
craft activities centred around a different theme each
time, finishing about 8.45am. All families are welcome.
Please contact Alison (4761 168) or Elizabeth (4761 650)
for more information.
A series of six Lenten studies will be held on
Wednesdays at 7.30pm during Lent on the topic of
“Credible Christianity”. These begin on Wednesday 13
March. Please contact Alison (4761 168) or Elizabeth
(4761 650) for more information.
For more information about St Aidan’s services and
activities, please contact Elizabeth (4761 650). For
pastoral concerns, please contact Alison (4761 168) - we
are here if you need someone to talk to.
Kia ora koutou
and happy new
year!
We are really excited about this year’s programme on the Otago Peninsula. With over 17,500 possums removed from the peninsula we are witnessing the biodiversity benefits and positive outcomes. This year we will be undertaking community engagement in Portobello to rekindle connections with the view to bringing the community together to help with the possum eradication goals. We aim to increase backyard monitoring, trapping and reporting in the community so that collaboratively we can reach the goal of becoming a predator free Peninsula by 2023.
Off the Beaten Track
Track Clearing Volunteer Days
At this point in our programme it is essential that our track networks are kept clear so we can undertake monitoring to identify where the last possums are hiding out. This is where volunteer help is needed! Tuesdays and Thursdays are our field days this year so if you are keen on joining us on the peninsula for some track clearing in spectacular places, please register at [email protected]
Report a Possum
We now have a new email address to report possums. If you see, hear or trap a possum on the peninsula please report the details to [email protected] We look forward to working with you all for a productive 2019.
Check out our website https://
www.predatorfreepeninsula.nz/
Join us on FB https://www.facebook.com/predatorfreepeninsula/
Contact us direct : [email protected]
Report a possum : [email protected]
Otago Old Girls Association of
Southland Girls High School
welcome new members.
We have three or four events each
year. This May our 40th birthday
celebration is to be held at J Tees Golf Centre, Mosgiel on
Saturday, May 4th at 11.30am. Dorothy Page is our guest
speaker. We would love to welcome any SGHS old girls to the
celebration.
Please contact Robyne Selbie on 476 1220 if you are
interested in becoming a member or attending the luncheon.
Peninsula Bays Women’s Institute meets at the Macandrew Bay Bowling Club on the first
Thursday of the month.
Meetings for the months of February, March, April,
October, November and December begin at 7.30pm
For the months May to September our meetings are held
during the day, starting at 11am, and include a shared
lunch.
Our programme for the year includes speakers and
activities. We enjoy monthly competitions, fun and
friendship.
Our organisation supports “the Hub” in South Dunedin
with knitting and the donation of household goods.
Emergency packs for hospital patients and knitted
teddies for children go to the Accident and Emergency
department . Other donations have been given to the
Night Shelter and the SPCA.
If you are interested in joining us, please telephone
Cynthia Duncan (476 1152) or Helen Ashton (476 1519)
for further information.
Tena Koutou everyone
2019 is well upon us, the kids are back to school, parents
back to work and normality has hopefully set in. I hope
you all had a great Christmas and New Year. I must say I
loved working New Year’s Eve and popping into all of the
wonderful gatherings around the Peninsula. Thank you
all for your hospitality that night and for everyone’s
responsible attitude towards the festivities.
With school back in session it is time for a friendly
reminder about speed around our schools and making
sure we are parking appropriately and not placing
ourselves and our tamariki in danger. For the wee dots
please make sure they are buckled into an approved car
seat or booster. We will be running a Plunket Day in the
next few months, educating the correct way to install
these seats. You would be amazed how many of us get it
wrong. This will be an educational day, not a revenue
gathering exercise.
Road Safety is paramount and we all need to do our bit to
ensure we get to where we are going safely. Speed still is
an issue around the roadworks. If it says 30kmph or
50kmph please adhere to this. These signs are here for a
reason and we need to keep the workers and other road
users safe.
Crime over the holiday period is down on last year.
However, there has been an increase of boy racer types
out this way recently. Also there have been four thefts
from vehicles at Okia Reserve and Seal Point Road.
Tourists are targeted. I can confirm we have identified a
suspect and enquiries are continuing. If you see anything
suspicious please make sure you call it in.
Finally— and of a concerning note— there have been an
unusual number of cats going missing in Harwood,
Harington Point and Broad Bay. I am not jumping to
conclusions, but the number to me does not appear to be
a coincidence. I certainly hope no one is taking matters
into their own hands. Animal cruelty is abhorrent and
will not be tolerated. There are severe penalties for such
actions. The SPCA has been notified. If anyone is caught
doing the unthinkable then I can assure you action WILL
be taken. If your cat has mysteriously disappeared in
recent weeks, please contact me so I can get a full
picture of what may be happening. It seems widespread
across the area.
Until next time, stay safe everyone and look after one
another.
Senior Constable Aaron Smith
O/C Portobello
1710 Highcliff Road, Portobello, Dunedin 2014
Cell: 0211915106
Email : [email protected]
Portobello Presbyterian
Church
SERVICES FOR MARCH
3 March 10.00am Jane Cox
10 March 10.00am Jane Cox
17 March 10.00am Rev Alofa Lale
31 March 10.00am Jane Cox at PUKEHIKI CHURCH
SERVICES FOR APRIL
7 April 10.00am Jane Cox
14 April 10.00am Jane Cox
21 April 10.00am Communion EASTER SUNDAY
Rev Brian Williscroft
Macandrew Bay School Library
Saturday 23 March 2019 2—3.30pm
Capacity: 30
Ticket/Concession Price: $20
Purchase tickets at dunedinfringe.nz
The Club has been busy since the term started with ‘Learn- to-Sail’ on Friday nights, our Wednesday night racing series and our Sunday club races. Many of our members are also sailing and kayaking in their own time due to the stunning weather we are having! Our membership is still steadily growing which is fantastic.
Kayaking is the most fun you can have with a paddle. It’s social, relaxing and ‘green’ and you get to explore the harbour like never before. There are about ten kayaks already stored by other kayak enthusiasts at the Macandrew Bay Boat Club and some of us get together for a social stress-free paddle. But if you’re not sure and just want to have a go and “dip your toes in the water of indecision" we’re here to help make that happen.
Check out the Macandrew Bay Boat Club website for info on the costs of storing a kayak and contact numbers - www.sporty.co.nz/mbbc/Home
Water Cooled Sports have a great selection of sit in and on kayaks to purchase—definitely not to be overlooked unless you want to go in circles the rest of your paddling days!!
We’re fun and we’re not afraid to get wet!! - Jo
Facebook @MacandrewBayBoatingClub
Anna Leslie, Secretary 021 645 849
Check out our website www.sporty.co.nz/MBBC
Royal Albatross Centre
How’s the albatross viewing? 30 chicks have hatched so
far. We’ve three nests in view of our observatory. Viewing
has been great. We’re working via our Givealittle Page to
raise $4000 to support DOC with extra irrigation,
equipment, water and squid, to help the albatross through
a challenging chick raising season. We’re the people
hoping the weather is cool this month. Heat is not great
for the birds. Watch the live albatross Royalcam for more
action.
Blue Penguins Pukekura
We have had good viewing. Adults are just starting their
moult and the last chicks are fledging. We’ve been
feeding penguin chicks as part of our kaitiaki
responsibilities. 60 chicks in total were fed at some point.
We are very grateful to our penguin scientist Dr Hiltrun
Ratz and her troupe of volunteers who help with this.
Glenfalloch Restaurant
Don’t forget our Local’s Night. Every Thursday we have
free BYO with dinner. Come and try our Famous ‘Trust the
Chef’ menu. Glenfalloch is still Dunedin’s #1 Restaurant
on Tripadvisor! Open: Weds—Sun 9.30am-3.30pm coffees/
lunches.Thu—Sat from 5.30pm dinner/drinks. Ph 476 1006.
Wild Dunedin degustation dinner 25th April (24th sold out)
Glenfalloch Garden is having a 50th birthday this year.
Otago Peninsula Trust took possession of the property on
1st February 1969 determined to save the property for all
to enjoy. Funds were raised to buy Glenfalloch with a
Mystery Envelope appeal by the Jaycees to support the
Trust’s purchase of the garden.
Hosting visitors? Run an Airbnb? Let us know if you need
a stock of Otago Peninsula brochures with the useful map
on. 03 478 0499
Want a worthy cause? We’d love you to join the Otago
Peninsula Trust. The Trust is New Zealand’s first private
charitable conservation trust (1967) committed to
CONCERTS
FRINGIPANI
Hiliako Laheto (Koile, INATI) is convening another
gathering of collaborators to celebrate and share stories
of living on the fringes of Te Moananui a Kiwa
Sun 24 March 7.30pm
$15 concession $12
1hr 40 min All ages
ARO
Nationwide 'MANU 'Album
Release tour
Sat 27 April 7.30pm
Tickets and info: aromusic.co.nz
Contact Us E: [email protected]
Check us out on the website : www.macandrewbaynews.org.nz
Newsletter Group Lynne Aldridge Colleen Bond Sue Pierre Linda Seddon Lyn Dowsett
Cover artwork by Pauline Bellamy
Wildlife Care Code
Dunedin is home to rare and special wildlife. Help us protect our penguins, sea lions and birds for future generations. View wildlife with a commercial tour operator as this ensures respectful behaviour and limits wildlife disturbance.
Wildlife Care: Help protect Dunedin’s rare wildlife. Do not disturb, touch, feed or go too close to penguins, sea lions
and seals. Keep dogs away as they can harm wildlife and prevent them from breeding.
Sea lions and other seals: New Zealand sea lions are rare and endangered. Please view from a safe distance of at least
20m and do not disturb them. If you must pass them on the beach, keep as much distance as possible and do not loiter. They can move quickly, so back off if they react and do not block their path to water. They can bite!
Penguins: Yellow-eyed penguins are endangered and rare. Stay at least 50m away from yellow-eyed penguins as they
are shy and easily stressed. Ensure penguins can’t see you. Don’t block penguins’ entry and exit from the water and never approach a nest. No flash photography or dogs.
Red-billed gulls. Do not feed or chase the seagulls as they are endangered and human food can kill them.
Drones: Use of drones is prohibited in many sensitive areas and can require a permit elsewhere. The important wildlife
site of Taiaroa Head/Pukekura has a permanent restricted airspace. Any Department of Conservation reserve requires a permit, and it is an offence to fly drones within 150m of marine mammals (or 300m vertically above). For more information check the Dunedin City Council or DOC website.
Freedom Camping: There are designated freedom camping sites and holiday parks in Dunedin, please use them as
$200 fines will apply for illegal camping.
Public amenities: Please keep Dunedin beautiful and clean by using public toilets and rubbish bins where provided or
taking your refuse with you. Smoking and fires are not advisable and often banned under seasonal restrictions.
Walking Tracks: Stay on the marked track, as many cross private land. Keep yourself safe, within barriers and avoid
damage to plants and breeding wildlife. Leave sheep alone. Please report any sick or injured wildlife by calling: 0800 DOC HOT (0800 362 468)
Poaching is illegal, please report marine poaching by calling: 0800 4 POACHER (0800 476 224)