Renovations for REAP rooms

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 15, Issue 690, 10 June 1997, Page 10

Renovations for REAP rooms

The Ruapehu Rural Education Activities Programme (REAP) rooms in T aihape are undergoing extensive renovations which are creating quite a number of disruptions. In particular, they are experiencing problems with their telephone lines, for which they apologise for any inconvenience and ask people to please try again or alternatively to call into the REAP rooms. The staff and facilities have been transferred to the back of the REAP building where it's business as usual. The renovations were to be completed by the end of May, said staff.

Included in last term's newsletter was a cut-out asking for specific ideas for courses or workshops that could be run locally. This information is important to enable the organisation to meet the needs of the local community. Readers are asked to obtain a copy and fill it in and return it as soon as possible, (contact REAP, Box 86 Taihape, Ph 06-388-0109, fx 06-388-0072). Elizabeth Mortland, Community Education Officer, and Kate Boyd, Coordinator of the Orautoha Community Network, recently attended a hui of the Adult and Community Education Association,

Aotearoa, which was held in Henderson. Mrs Mortland presented a workshop for evaluation of community groups which entailed why and how to evaluate services and the benefits of doing so. This workshop is also available locally. She has also recently been on an expert panel for EEO for writing qualifications for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority framework. Thirteen people recently attended a locally run workshop, developing leadership potential. The feedback from this course suggests that it was an outstanding success, said Mrs Mortland.

The Ruapehu Fish and Game Council met on Sunday for the first time since their historic building has been renovated. The small buiiding was moved from its original site in Duncan Street to next door to the Waimarino Museum in Seddon Street, Raetihi. The society was founded in 1903 and the building was completed in 1913. Lining up for a photo in much the same manner as their counterparts from a 1913 photograph are: Jim Gosman, chairman, Litch Todd, Max Crockett, Pat Whale, Jim Frost, Tony Voelkerling, Mick Edhouse, Ngaire Edhouse, John Dobson, Laurie Bryan, John Goodman, Uwe Kroii and Harry Brown.