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 8 June Bins : YELLOW (recycling) & RED (landfill)
Options for recycling all other materials are listed here
Next Lion's Skip Bin is Saturday 27 JuneBurdan's Gate 8:00 am to 11:30 am, charges apply, unload help available
Metservice: Warnings & watches @ 10:30 am Thu 4 Jun
Thu 9:43 am Heavy Rain Watch.
Periods of heavy rain, and amounts may approach warning criteria. Chance of upgrading to a Warning: Moderate.Metservice: Marine Warnings & Watches @ 10:30 am Thu 4 Jun
Wellington Water recent alerts updated 10:14 am Thu 4 Jun
04 Jun 8:51 am Water outage notice
Water Outage - Cheviot Road, Lowry Bay This will affect the following: 1-5 Cheviot Road, odd side onlyReason for shutdown: Valve Failure
Outage start date: 2026-06-04 08:55:00
Estimated outage end date: 2026-06-04 10:55:00
Properties affected : 5
(To see all outages and other notices go to LAWA)
HCC Active Consultations updated 10:13 am Thu 4 Jun
No active consultations.
GWRC Active Consultations @ 12:00 am Thu 4 Jun
Kāpiti Flood Hazard Mapping - Engagement on historic flood eventsGWRC Have Your Say / Consultations
Bluebridge Service Alerts updated 10:30 am Thu 4 Jun
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East Harbour Parks Status updated 10:10 am Thu 4 Jun
Gollan’s Valley Station
Alerts, Notices and restrictions can be found here
RNZ: Latest 5 News Items updated 9:59 am Thu 4 Jun
Thu 9:20 am Pedestrian dies after being hit by a car in Northland. Thu 9:14 am The real-world cost of AI. Thu 8:51 am People missing after fire tears through house in Bay of Plenty. Thu 6:59 am Privacy Commissioner wants more power to fine agencies that don't protect people's data. Thu 6:34 am Mastercard plans changes to way we use credit cards. 
Geonet: recent earthquakes near Eastbourne updated 10:50 am Thu 4 Jun
2.8 - (weak) 158.1 km North of Eastbourne at 10:03 am Thu 4 Jun (confirmed)
Product Recalls updated 12:00 am Thu 4 Jun
2 June 2026: Crywolf Hooded Towels
29 May 2026: Miele WWG880 WCS washing machine
27 May 2026: Thermos Stainless King Food Jars - 470ml and 710ml
26 May 2026: ANKO Silicone Chick Teether sold at Kmart
25 May 2026: Funkee Animals and Secret Menu Stretchee Foodz - sold at multiple toy retailers
More products & information on product recalls
