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 25 May Bins : GREEN (green waste), 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 @ 3:00 pm Thu 21 May
Wellington Water recent alerts updated 2:14 pm Thu 21 May
20 May 4:39 pm PLANNED SHUTDOWN OF SEAVIEW MAIN OUTFALL PIPELINE FOR MAINTENANCE
(To see all outages and other notices go to LAWA)
HCC Active Consultations updated 2:13 pm Thu 21 May
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GWRC Active Consultations @ 12:00 pm Thu 21 May
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Bluebridge Service Alerts updated 3:00 pm Thu 21 May
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East Harbour Parks Status updated 2:10 pm Thu 21 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 2:59 pm Thu 21 May
Thu 2:56 pm Roadside drug tests rolling out nationwide. Thu 1:57 pm SH77, west of Christchurch reopens after vegetation fire. Thu 1:42 pm Three-quarters of multi-million dollar Wellington cycleway budget for resilience. Thu 12:49 pm Forest & Bird challenges councils over controversial dam project in court. Thu 12:24 pm Women with breast cancer symptoms should be sent to specialist directly - foundation. 
Product Recalls updated 12:00 pm Thu 21 May
14 May 2026: Baby teethers and rattles sold via SHEIN
13 May 2026: Lite - CandyBar (Blue Aura, Deep Black & Electric Fuchsia)
13 May 2026: Robert Gordon Dog & Cat mugs
13 May 2026: STOKEDNZ Kids Towelies (Towel Ponchos)
11 May 2026: HealthSure Hot Water Bottle sold at Chemist Warehouse
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