CONGA LINE: Parents and community members complete a train of tractors and front end loaders during a revamp and extension of the Kahutara School BMX track, which is a finalist in a nationwide contest to help limestone the facility and create what will be the only competition grade track in Wairarapa. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Kahutara School needs your votes to limestone a competition grade BMX track that will be unique in Wairarapa.
Jo Woodcock, chairwoman of the Kahutara Parents and Citizens group, said voting in the Stafix Powering Your Community contest closes on Sunday and the school had won a place as one of
ten nationwide finalists with their community project to limestone their newly extended BMX track, which would become the only competition grade track in the region.
The track borders the school grounds and was founded in 2008 by a group of students. A stand of macrocarpa trees have since been felled for safety and parents also donated machinery, labour and time to improve and extend the track to about 300 metres, which is competition length.
"A lot of dads who have come in with their tractors and diggers and extended it and all we need now is laying the limestone. As I understand it, we're creating a track that would cost 50 grand to complete but we're doing it within a five grand budget," Mrs Woodcock said. "We're doing it all off our own backs with parents' help and now we need votes.
"It's quite expensive to put down lime ..."
