Eastbourne is a friendly sea side village just a short drive or ferry ride to Wellington City, the capital and cultural centre of New Zealand. Perfect for all ages with schools, shops, library, medical, dental, many recreation options such as coastal rides and walks, hiking in the hills, beaches, sailing and fishing. Safe for children and suitable for the elderly, it’s perfect for families
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Sunshine Bay to Days Bay corner issuesThe Tupua Horo Nuku resilience project (seawall and shared path) is proving very popular, but is also bringing focus to the areas where there are still issues. This post is to put the current situation (3 May 2026) into context and describe possible next steps. Days Bay not included Days Bay was not included in the path plans for well reported reasons, the main one being that the Days Bay section was complex, design and consultation would have been prolonged, and had it been included the […]
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HCC Waste collection for Monday 11 May Bins : YELLOW (recycling) & RED (landfill)
Options for recycling all other materials are listed here
Next Lion's Skip Bin is Saturday 30 MayBurdan's Gate 8:00 am to 11:30 am, charges apply, unload help available
Metservice: Marine Warnings & Watches @ 12:30 am Mon 11 May
Wellington Water recent alerts updated 11:14 pm Sat 9 May
08 May 4:24 pm UPDATE 3 - 08/05/2026 - FULLY TREATED WASTEWATER LEAK - SEAVIEW MAIN OUTFALL PIPELINE
(To see all outages and other notices go to LAWA)
HCC Active Consultations updated 12:13 am Mon 11 May
Shape your city centre streets
Shape your city centre park
GWRC Active Consultations @ 12:00 am Mon 11 May
Kāpiti Flood Hazard Mapping - Engagement on historic flood eventsGWRC Have Your Say / Consultations
Bluebridge Service Alerts updated 12:30 am Mon 11 May
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East Harbour Parks Status updated 12:10 am Mon 11 May
Professional deer culling in Northern Forest: 7 May-22 May
Alerts, Notices and restrictions can be found hereGollan’s Valley Station
Alerts, Notices and restrictions can be found here
RNZ: Latest 5 News Items updated 11:59 pm Sun 10 May
Sun 9:59 pm Morgana O'Reilly is an expert on what triggers her 'sh...ty self-talk'. Sun 7:52 pm Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition documentary a fan-focused look at metal icons. Sun 6:18 pm Three injured as police respond to reported stabbings in Christchurch suburb Linwood. Sun 5:42 pm NZers on cruise with hantavirus outbreak could face quarantine on return. Sun 3:58 pm Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be 'lost forever'. 
Geonet: recent earthquakes near Eastbourne updated 12:30 am Mon 11 May
2.7 - (weak) 100.9 km North West of Eastbourne at 12:56 pm Sun 10 May (confirmed)
4.1 - (moderate) 218.2 km NorthEast of Eastbourne at 12:44 pm Sun 10 May (confirmed)
Product Recalls updated 12:00 am Mon 11 May
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