Trust News

Huge congratulations to Zoe and her team at Shadow Gallery for turning 1 this month.  They are celebrating their milestone with a “flash day” on Saturday 20 May. Zoe approached the Trust back in early 2022 looking for some space to open up her own boutique tattoo...

The Trust owns eight commercial buildings – seven of which are right here in Greytown.  Our largest property in both rental income and size is located in Whanganui. This month’s tenant profile is on Garry Smith and his team at Bodyworks Panel & Paint Wairarapa Ltd...

Cobblestones Museum was the venue for the recent celebration commemorating 150 years of the Greytown Trust Lands Trust.   The evening – held on 24 November 2022 – was attended by almost 100 guests including past Trustees and employees of the Trust, tenants, local...

The new Trust Board met officially for the first time on 26th of October.  The first task for the Board was the election of officers with Phil Holden and Derek Williams duly elected Chair and Deputy Chair.   Matt Bell, Helga Perry (Trust Manager), Phil Holden...

Analysis and Summary Report from recent survey held Community Lands changes: The Trust conducted a survey between Thursday 11 August and Sunday 28 August in relation to proposals concerning the Greytown ‘Community Lands” owned by the Trust.  The Analysis and Summary...

Annual General Meeting The Trust will be holding its annual general meeting in the WBS Room of the Greytown Town Centre on Tuesday 27 September starting at 7.00pm.   Copies of the audited Performance Report for the year ended 31 March 2022 will be available at the...

The Trust understands and appreciates the value of diversity and is striving to achieve optimal diversity around the board table.  We particularly encourage candidates to step forward from the community who are women, tangata whenua, from a broad range of ethnicities,...

Election of Trustees This year is an election year for the Trust.  Three Trustees will be retiring by rotation (but will remain eligible for re-election) on Saturday 8 October, when the triennial local government election takes place.  Nomination forms and candidate...

The "Grapevine" is a local Greytown publication published monthly by Lamb Peters Print.  The below was included in the December edition. Board meeting dates for 2022 15 February, 15 March, 4 May, 29 June, 24 August, 19 October, 14 December. These dates are also listed...

The "Grapevine" is a local Greytown publication published monthly by Lamb Peters Print.  The below was included in the October edition. Annual General Meeting The Trust held its AGM on Tuesday 28 September in the WBS Room of the Greytown Town Centre and was attended...

The Trust held its AGM on Tuesday 28 September in the WBS Room of the Greytown Town Centre and was attended by 20 members of the public.  Thank you to those people from the community that came along.Copies of the documents that were available on the night can be...

Helga Perry has been appointed to the role of Trust Manager of Greytown District Trust Lands Trust. Board Chair, Phil Holden, is delighted to confirm the appointment. “Helga has been the Trust’s administrator for the last eight years and has an intimate knowledge of...

Kia ora everyone, it is my pleasure to advise of the appointment of Paul Broughton as General Manager of the Greytown Trust Lands Trust on a contract basis. Paul brings an extensive background in commercial property to the Trust where amongst other roles he has been...

The Board Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson are appointed by and from among the six elected Trustees on the Board immediately following the election held every three years in October.  Under Trust Standing Orders, on the anniversary of their appointment, the Board...

Trustees are aware of the high level of community interest in the “Greytown Sports and Recreation Hub Plan” in the South Wairarapa District Council Annual Plan consultation document. The Trust fully supports this proposal. Click on the link below for information on...

Last week amidst all the Covid19 email updates we received a lovely message from Patrice the Principal of Greytown Primary School.  The attached mp4 is a must see.  Thanks for taking the time Patrice. "Hi Greytown Trustlands Trust team I hope that you are all doing...

By now you will be aware the PM has announced an immediate shift in response level from 2 to 3, to be followed within 48 hours by a shift to the highest level 4. Implementation of level 4 means that all non-essential services and businesses will have to close down and...

The next round of annual education grants will open for application on 6 January 2020 and close on 28 February 2020.   Details of the grant criteria can be found under the “grants” tab on the Trust’s website www.greytowntrustlands.org.nz. Successful applicants from...

Futureproofing Greytown’s sport and recreation facilities is a step closer with the formation of an advisory group led by Greytown Community Sport and Leisure Society (GCSLS). Chaired by GCSLS board member Gary Hewson, the Greytown Sport and Recreation Advisory Group...

Elections to fill the three vacancies arising from the retirement by rotation of three current Trustees have proved not to be necessary as only three nominations were received.  Congratulations to two new Trustees, Phil Holden and Matt Bell, and one returning Trustee,...

Annual Performance Report The Trust’s Annual General Meeting was held on 24 July.  The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Sid Kempton, provided commentary on the 2019 Performance Report which received an unqualified audit clearance from Moore Stephens Wairarapa Audit....

This year is an election year for the Trust.  Three Trustees will be retiring by rotation (but will remain eligible for re-election) on Saturday 12 October, when the triennial local government election takes place.  Nomination forms and candidate information packs...

On Sunday 23rd June the first "Celebrate Greytown" free community event was held in the Greytown Town Centre.  This free event was organised by Greytown Community Board and gave local sports groups, community groups, and clubs an opportunity to showcase their...

The Trust finalised the draft Social, Cultural and Environmental Funding Strategy at their Board meeting held on Thursday 16 May 2019.  The new grant funding strategy will take affect from 1 April 2020. Submissions were sought from the public with only one submission...

The first special general meeting of Greytown Trust Lands in recent memory attracted a large crowd to the WBS Room in the Greytown Town Hall on 16th  April, as Chairman Sid Kempton presented the 2019/20 annual budget. “The Board of Trustees needed to put accurate...

The Trust’s Chairman and Deputy Chairman are members of a Working Group that has commissioned an independent consultant, Global Leisure Group Ltd, to carry out a study into the feasibility of developing a joint community and school sports hub based at Kuranui College...

Trustees received and recently considered feedback on the Trust's proposed new sports funding strategy, resulting in some changes being made to the proposal.  These are reflected in the revised strategy document which can be viewed here Sport and active recreation...

September 2018 update - recently included in the Grapevine

Download a copy of the draft strategy (funding model).  For more information please contact Kevin Murphy on 304 9071. Key dates are: 5 October - written feedback on draft closes 23 November - second draft (feedback dependent) 7 December - written feedback on re-draft...

Greytown Trust Lands is changing the way it allocates funding to local sport, as it looks to make its money go further. The Trust, which can trace its origins back to 1871, uses the rental income from its property portfolio to support the Greytown community by...

There will be a community consultation evening on Wednesday 12th September at 7pm in the Greytown Town Centre on the Trust’s "Draft Sport and Active Recreation Funding Strategy" All members of the community are welcome to attend. Download a copy of the Strategy...

The 146th Annual Meeting of Electors of the Trust was held on Wednesday 15th August 2018 at 7.00pm in the WBS Room, Greytown Town Centre.  The meeting was attended by 26 members of the public. Copies of the 2018 Annual Performance Report containing the Chairmans...

The 2018 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Greytown District Trust Lands Trustees electors will be held on Wednesday 15th August 2018 for the purpose of receiving the Annual Performance Report for the year ended 31 March 2018.  The meeting will be held in the WBS Room of...

The latest Annual Plan for 2018/19 was included in the July issue of the local Grapevine magazine.  It covers information around the Trust's 2018/19 budget and briefly touches on the Trust’s work programme for 2018/2019.

Greytown Trust Lands Trust (GTLT) trustees have awarded their first employer apprenticeship grant to Edridge Construction under a new innovative funding scheme. The six locally-elected trustees recently reviewed the funding of education grants, which resulted in the...

Kuranui tech ninjas to the rescue! Kuranui students helped eight members of the local community to solve the mysteries of modern digital technology during an inaugral lunchtime IT workshop held at the college on Wednesday. Funded by a grant from Greytown Trust Lands...

In the March community funding round the Trust granted $3,408 to Greytown Primary and the Greytown Coding Club for their joint  community robotics and coding initiative.  Read more about this fantastic initiative below: S.T.E.A.M COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP You may or may...

The Trustees elected their new Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson at their October 2017 Trust Board Meeting for a period of 12 months commencing 19 October 2017.  Sid Kempton has been elected as Chairperson and Wayne Regnault as Deputy Chairperson.   Sid Kempton...

Annual Performance Report The Trust’s Annual General Meeting was held on 20 September.  The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, David Montgomerie, provided commentary on the 2017 Performance Report which received an unqualified audit clearance from Moore Stephens...

During the September 2017 funding round the Trust awarded $300 each to three Greytown boys - Jarrod Yee, Hamish Kill and Alex Clark - to help them attend a National U13 hockey tournament in Auckland.  The team played a total of 6 games and finished 4th place after...

This document was distributed to all Greytown householders as part of the June 2017 Grapevine magazine.  Click below to view a PDF version. Annual Plan 2017/18

The first payment for the Education Grants were paid out to successful applicants on 31st March 2017.  A total of 40 recipients were awarded grants making a total distribution of $20,000.   The number of applications received was significantly lower than previous...

Congratulations to the individuals and community groups below who were awarded grants in the latest grant funding round. Georgia Cartmell Andrew Wilson Danielle Turton Parkinsonism Society Wairarapa Division Incorporated Greytown Early Years Greytown Community...

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...