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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Fill the Gaps! Enviroleaders from Muritai SchoolFill the Gaps! What is our vision for the future? Eastbourne can be a place where we tamariki can move around freely and independently through friendly spaces, allowing us to hang out and explore. Who are we? We are the Enviroleaders from Muritai School, a primary and intermediate school in Eastbourne. We have been thinking about how to improve our environment, and we have come up with this request to fill the gaps in the share path. This request is supported by our enviroschools lead teacher […]
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HCC Waste collection for Monday 16 February Bins : YELLOW (recycling) & RED (landfill)
Options for recycling all other materials are listed here
Next Lion's Skip Bin is Saturday 28 FebruaryBurdan's Gate 8:00 am to 11:30 am, charges apply, unload help available
Metservice: Marine Warnings & Watches @ 9:30 am Tue 10 FebNo local marine warning or watches detected
Wellington Water recent alerts updated 9:14 am Tue 10 Feb
09 Feb 4:46 pm Water outage notice
Water Outage - Westhill Road, Point Howard This will affect the following: 1 10 Westhill Road, both sides 14 26 Howard Road, even side only 1B & 4 Howard Road.Reason for shutdown: Toby Repair UPDATE 1 - 16:45 - While recharging the main following the main repair, the repair patch started leaking. The team are working to investigate the fault and restore service. At this stage, it is expected service to be restored by 17:30.
Outage start date: 2026-02-09 11:45:00
Estimated outage end date: 2026-02-09 17:30:00
Properties affected : 20
(To see all outages and other notices go to LAWA)
GWRC Active Consultations @ 1:00 am Tue 10 Feb
Kāpiti Flood Hazard Mapping - Engagement on historic flood eventsGWRC Have Your Say / Consultations
Bluebridge Service Alerts updated 9:30 am Tue 10 Feb
Summer Availability
Availability throughout our peak summer months is currently extremely limited. Our website displays live availability across all sailings. Those showing as "not available" are sold out. Foot passenger space is still available across many sailings. Any additional vehicle space becoming available due to changes and cancellations will be released on our website for booking.
The best way to secure space is via our website bluebridge.co.nz.
Our contact centre can be reached on 0800 844 844 or +64 4 471 6188. Opening hours are 8:30am - 8:00pm NZST daily.
East Harbour Parks Status updated 9:10 am Tue 10 Feb
Gollan’s Valley Station
Alerts, Notices and restrictions can be found here
RNZ: Latest 5 News Items updated 8:59 am Tue 10 Feb
Tue 7:38 am New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?. Tue 6:51 am 'A cascade of errors': Johnathon Taituma died after St John ambulance delays, coroner finds. Tue 8:22 am Questions over who will pay for Wellington's sewage plant failure. Tue 6:35 am Northland couple finally sees EQC landslide damage payout three years after claim. Tue 7:36 am Court to hear from lawyers who would have represented Christchurch terrorist. 
Geonet: recent earthquakes near Eastbourne updated 9:30 am Tue 10 Feb
3.6 - (light) 192.3 km NorthEast of Eastbourne at 8:50 am Tue 10 Feb (confirmed)3.1 - (light) 73.6 km West of Eastbourne at 6:11 am Tue 10 Feb (confirmed)
2.5 - (weak) 55.7 km North West of Eastbourne at 5:53 am Tue 10 Feb (confirmed)
Product Recalls updated 1:00 am Tue 10 Feb
3 February 2026: STIHL MotoMix Pre-Mixed Fuel (5L)
30 January 2026: Sensory Game Controller - sold at Kmart
29 January 2026: Rangoli Powder - Pack of 6 and Pack of 10, sold at Big Bazaar
27 January 2026: BC Hot Water Bottles sold at Bargain Chemist
23 January 2026: Bambu Lab A1 3D printers sold at Mindkits NZ
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