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 @ 6:30 am Sat 23 MayNo local marine warning or watches detected
Wellington Water recent alerts updated 11:14 pm Fri 22 May
21 May 3:54 pm Technical issue with odour monitor reporting - Seaview WWTP
(To see all outages and other notices go to LAWA)
HCC Active Consultations updated 6:13 am Sat 23 May
Shape your city centre streets
Shape your city centre park
GWRC Active Consultations @ 12:00 am Sat 23 May
Kāpiti Flood Hazard Mapping - Engagement on historic flood eventsGWRC Have Your Say / Consultations
Metlink Alerts updated 6:09 am Sat 23 May
22 May 2:04 pm Alert - Wellington City Centre: Manners Street and Willis Street bus stop closures, 9pm - 4am Tuesday 26 May
Bluebridge Service Alerts updated 6:30 am Sat 23 May
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East Harbour Parks Status updated 6:10 am Sat 23 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 5:59 am Sat 23 May
Sat 5:02 am Is it safe to use cake decorating dusts and dyes?. Sat 4:59 am Police assess independent legal advice on unsolved killing of Baby Ru. Sat 4:57 am Coast-to-coast Scooter Safari to raise money for Cancer Society. Sat 4:57 am Marlon Williams has written Aotearoa's best country song. Fri 9:05 pm Homicide investigaton launched after death in Dunedin. 
Product Recalls updated 12:00 am Sat 23 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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