SPCA Wairarapa meeting postponed

Ric Odom, Royal New Zealand SPCA chief executive, will chair the meeting to be held at the Frank Cody Lounge in the Masterton Town Hall on 7pm on June 4.

A meeting to discuss the future of SPCA Wairarapa has been moved from this weekend and will now be held at 7pm on Thursday, June 4, at the Frank Cody Lounge in the Masterton Town Hall.

Initially the meeting between Royal New Zealand SPCA National Office, SPCA Wairarapa life members and other interested people was scheduled for 2pm this Sunday.

The meeting will be chaired by chief executive officer of RNZ SPCA, Ric Odom.

SPCA inspector manager Alan Wilson said the meeting was predominantly for SPCA members but any members of the public wanting to help were also welcome to attend.

Mr Wilson said there would be membership forms available to fill out at the meeting if people wanted to join as members.

"We want to get people together to talk and move the organisation forward if we can," he said.

Due to the rescheduling of the meeting, Masterton Mayor Lyn Patterson said she could no longer go, as the Sportsperson of the Year Awards in Wellington were on the same night.

Mrs Patterson said it was unfortunate she couldn't attend "because it's a community issue", but she would follow up on the meeting and continue to advocate.

"There's definitely community support to get [the centre] back up and running."

SPCA life member and former centre manager Val Ball said the meeting would be positive.

"We must be looking forward, and where to from here."