NEW BRANDED CLOTHING
Womens long sleeve shirts - they are rather nice and good over a skivvy in this weather!
cotton, v-neck, in two colours: "Mushroomy charcoal" or white. They have our logo on back and "Clevedon Cares" on front right hand side hem. $45 from Clevedon Organix.

Past Events

Don at Clevedon
Photo: Peter Weekes

Do you want to help preserve the rural nature of Clevedon?
Contact: Mary Whitehouse ph: 292 8174
CLEVEDON CARES Inc, c/o 315 North Road, Clevedon. RD2 Papakura 2582
www.clevedoncares.co.nz or email us

THE HILARIOUS HYPNOTISM SHOW
was truly hilarious!

The audience of all ages enjoyed the great entertainment – amazing what people (volunteers I hasten to add) will do when “under the influence”!

DON McGLASHAN & THE SEVEN SISTERS

‘MARVELLOUS YEAR’ TOUR was truly Marvellous!

An absolutely wonderful evening of great music, with a capacity crowd from far and wide, many dancing and all enjoying Don with his band and lovely support singer Reb Fountain.

CLEVEDON CARES AGM
Monday 29th June 7.30pm
Clevedon District Centre

The Topp Twins in Concert

TOPP TWINS SING TO KEEP CLEVEDON VALLEY RURAL
Media Release 28 June 2007

More than $10,000 raised by Village Hall concert

The Topp Twins have signalled their support for a campaign aimed at preventing intensive housing being built on man-made canals along the Wairoa River, near Clevedon.

A capacity crowd cheered and cried with laughter during a concert in Clevedon's Village Hall, held by the iconic duo in support of local community action group, Clevedon CARES.

"We're right behind you all the way. Don't let them mess with your river. There are these big development proposals all over New Zealand but we've got to keep our beautiful spots safe for the next generation," Lynda Topp told the audience.

Clevedon CARES spokesperson, Mary Whitehouse, describes the concert, on Saturday 23rd June, as "a success on every level".

"The audience had a fantastic time and it was great to be able to welcome people from way beyond Clevedon, including a family who had come all the way from New Plymouth, after learning about the concert on our website.

"We were also cheered by the strong support the Topp Twins expressed for our fight against the canal project and by the fact that we raised more than $10,000 for the campaign," she says.

To be known as the Wairoa River Maritime Village, the proposed development would involve building 297 homes.

"This project would add up to a thousand extra people to our local population, placing a great strain on existing services and severely compromising the rural atmosphere of the gently beautiful Clevedon Valley," says Mary Whitehouse.

"As the canal development is for residential use only, the shops, businesses and services required by people living there would need to be built either in Clevedon itself or in the surrounding countryside, irrevocably changing their character.

"A further concern is the large-scale dredging of the river and sediment disposal that would be required, probably on a recurrent basis," she adds.

Amongst submissions to Manukau City Council from local residents last year, those against the canal project outnumbered those in favour by a ratio of six to one. A council committee concluded its hearing of submissions in April this year, with a decision expected in August.

Don McGlashan played to a capacity audience in October 2006
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