A bit of history – celebrating 150 years of the Trust

Did you know that originally a single trust dealt with the affairs of both Greytown and Masterton lands?

In 1871 an Act of Parliament legally separated the settlements with each being given its own Board of Trustees.  Following this, the Wellington Provincial Council passed the Greytown Trust Act.  This Act provided for the election of six trustees by the people of Greytown to control the Greytown Trust Lands.

The Masterton and Greytown Lands Management Act 1871 (14 November 1871).

The Act states that “On some day in the month of April next after the passing of this Act and at a place and time to be fixed by the Greytown Trustees a meeting shall be held of the persons of full age not being married women residing or having land either leasehold or freehold within the Town of Greytown and the suburban sections of the Township of Greytown as delineated on the official plan of such town and township.”

The first meeting of the Greytown trustees in terms of the 1871 Act took place on 19 April 1872 when Messrs Mole, Arnot, Lucas, Smith, Walker and Wakelin were appointed the six trustees for the ensuing year.

Education Bulk Funding

Under the annual education bulk funding round, Trustees at their 24 November Board meeting considered applications for funding initiatives from the four local education providers.  The Trust awarded the total amount available which was $74,451.
Kuranui College received $30,657 for their future focused learning initiative.  This funding will go towards purchasing an additional 170 Chromebooks for the Year 9 and 10 students.
Greytown Primary School also identified a need to further focus on their eLearning and digital curriculum and received a grant of $29,562 to assist with the purchase of more Chromebooks for students.
Greytown Early Years will again use their funding to help cover its professional learning and development and the children’s explorers programme. They received a total of $11,700 to fully cover both initiatives.
The $2,532 awarded to Greytown Kindergarten will be used to help fund the natural space area.
This takes the total amount granted to the four local education providers over the last 12 years to $865,323.59.