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 18 May Bins : BLUE (glass) & 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 Tue 12 MayNo local marine warning or watches detected
Wellington Water recent alerts updated 11:14 pm Mon 11 May
11 May 10:21 am Water outage notice
Water Outage - Nikau Street This will affect the following: All of Nikau StreetReason for shutdown: Service Connection Repair
Outage start date: 2026-05-11 10:15:00
Estimated outage end date: 2026-05-11 12:15:00
Properties affected : 40
(To see all outages and other notices go to LAWA)
HCC Active Consultations updated 12:13 am Tue 12 May
Shape your city centre streets
Shape your city centre park
GWRC Active Consultations @ 12:00 am Tue 12 May
Kāpiti Flood Hazard Mapping - Engagement on historic flood eventsGWRC Have Your Say / Consultations
Bluebridge Service Alerts updated 12:30 am Tue 12 May
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East Harbour Parks Status updated 12:10 am Tue 12 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 Mon 11 May
Mon 8:45 pm 'The job eats away at you': Hillmorton Hospital staff facing burnout, anxiety over working conditions. Mon 7:29 pm 'It will be very disruptive': Grant Robertson on scrapping of fees-free policy. Mon 6:23 pm Veteran wins appeal for brain-cancer to be treated as service-related in landmark case. Mon 6:01 pm Hayden Tasker trial: Fellow officer describes efforts to save Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming. Mon 5:40 pm Secrecy surrounding 'traitor' soldier who thought he was spying on NZ to stay in place. 
Geonet: recent earthquakes near Eastbourne updated 12:50 am Tue 12 May
3.1 - (light) 190.1 km NorthEast of Eastbourne at 10:31 pm Mon 11 May (confirmed)
2.5 - (weak) 121.8 km South West of Eastbourne at 12:44 pm Mon 11 May (confirmed)
Product Recalls updated 12:00 am Tue 12 May
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