Trust News
Tenant Profile – Shadow Gallery turns one
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...
Community Distribution for 2023/24
For the first time in a number of years the Trust has allocated a portion of the grants budget for a community funding round. The contestable fund available is $15,000. It is anticipated that the funding round will open mid June and close mid July with payments made...
Tenant Profile – Bodyworks Panel & Paint Wairarapa Ltd
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...
Education Funding – December 2022
Trustees at their November board meeting considered grant applications for funding initiatives from the four local education providers. The education funding pool available this financial year is $61,200. Kuranui College received $25,200 for their Wananga / Academy...
Celebrating 150 Years of the Trust
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...
New Trust Board following elections 2022
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...
2022 Update from schools on education funding spend
In December 2021 the Trust granted $74,451 to our four local education institutions under the Education Bulk Funding category. Kuranui College and Greytown Primary School both applied for funds to purchase Chromebooks. Kuranui received $30,657 and Greytown Primary...
Community Lands changes:
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...
August 2022 – Grapevine Update
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...
Elections
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,...
June 2022 – Grapevine Update
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...
Funding confirmed for Greytown Sport & Leisure Society executive officer salary
June 2022: Trustees agreed to this financial year continue to underwrite the Executive Officer salary following a recent survey of the GSLS clubs. The survey indicated there was tremendous support for and reliance on the assistance and services provided by the role...