Joan Sherley Reserve (Kapiti) Multi-Cache

Joan Sherley’s contribution to the community was recognised with a Queen’s
Service Medal. The Honours List of 2005 states: Joan Sherley(Raumati Beach): has been recognised in the New Year Honours list with a Queen’s Service Medal for community service (QSM). Here is how the Paraparaumu / Raumati Community Board have honoured Joan Sherley .
Mrs Sherley has been involved in her community in a voluntary capacity for over 40 years. She has been on the committees of Plunket, Kindergarten Parents’ Association, several primary schools and the Kāpiti College Parents Association.

She has been on the committee of the Kāpiti Arts & Crafts Society, Kapiti Playhouse, Kāpiti Coast Community Arts Council, Kāpiti Noise Abatement Group, the Kāpiti District Trust Board, Foundation for the Blind and the Save the Children Committee.
She was the chair from 1996 to 2003 of the June Oakley Memorial Trust, on the fundraising committee for the Kāpiti Community Centre, the Friends of the Library and the Kāpiti Historical Society.
She has been a marriage celebrant and a funeral celebrant for many years.

When all the family had all but left the area, and a resident living adjacent to Bert's Way tried to usurp the land for their own private use, Joan took up arms and waged a battle to save it as it was, and won.
Bert's Way was named after Bert Eatwell after he donated the land for a public access way to the beach.

Joan Sherley was a good friend of the Eatwell family in Paraparaumu and Raumati South. She died in 2010.

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