It is ridiculous and little short of disgraceful that the city of Tauranga has no museum. Bill Capamagian's letter (The Weekend Sun, January 14) identifies the main reason – too many other pressing needs in a fast-growing community.
The commissioners seek to remedy this default by including provision for a museum in the medieval fortress/wind tunnel they propose for Willow Street. Mr Capamagian questions this site on the grounds of a tsunami threat and suggests other places.
Just a few years ago, the Tauranga Moana Museum Trust Board identified a site on Cliff Road as the most suitable. Close to other historic sites (The Elms and the Durham Redoubt), and with an outlook over the harbour and to Mauao, it had the support of the then council and of Tauranga iwi.
There is room there to build a museum worthy of Tauranga's historical, cultural, commercial and social background.
A hole in the wall of some other municipal building will not do!
Michael Batchelor, Matua.
2 comments
I agree entirely.........
Posted on 03-02-2022 21:45 | By groutby
...with Mr Capamagians comment in regard to the 'need' for a museum, either on an elevated site or indeed a site suitable for a possible tsunami threat such as many are living in quite contentedly in the region right now. Indeed, a 'hole in the wall of some other municipal building' would not do, I totally agree, so, as funds allow after funding necessary infrastructure desperately needed, we should help to fund such a project. In the meantime, those who wish to fund a museum should be allowed to do so, the proceeds from those visiting and appreciating such will cover the costs....any takers??.
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Posted on 06-02-2022 07:47 | By peanuts9
Any museum or other facility built with ratepayer funding needs to be accessible to all. Cliff Road does not meet that criteria. It is not on any public transport routes, is outside a safe walking distance for many, even if traffic allowed walking in that area. The disabled are a large and growing % of the population and their access to many places is becoming more and more limited. It is time those who can not or do not drive are given some consideration. I, for one, have never been to The Elms or the Redoubt as I can not get there unless I pay for a taxi. It is the same with BayPark, no public transport. I am one of many who find this city a discriminatory and dangerous place.
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