Very sad for Howick that RSA members were forced [at the extraordinary general meeting on Saturday] into approving the sale of their beloved club rooms in Wellington Street.
It is a travesty that the Property Trust stood by over the past 10 years and didn’t attempt to go to the Howick Community to raise funds.
After they failed a redevelopment project, they chose a desperate appeal motion to sell to profit a property developer. Shame on them.
A desperate bid by myself to raise a RSA Futures Fund with $50,000 [of my own money] was flagged away. To add to the injury, I was asked by the vice president not to use my small introduction in Māori or he would raise a point of order. Unbelievable. Heart of Howick RSA, this is not us.
Margaret Hawkeswood
Member of the Howick RSA Executive Committee
Howick
