Lest We Forget: Thursday 25 April, 10am War Memorial Gates at Muritai School 

Note: Community events such as the ANZAC Service (Thursday) and the Lions Rubbish (Saturday) are some of the events available on our website. Applications to the Eastbourne-Bays Community Trust are also open until 15 May - this includes the Freemason's Scholarship and community projects. Greater Wellington Regional Council contracted, professional deer cullers will be hunting in East Harbour Regional Park Northern Forest between 1st May & 10^th June.

Wellington Electricity information evening Wellington Electricity invites you to a community gathering at East Harbour Women's Club in Eastbourne. 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Tuesday 30 April 6.30pm - Details below

Hutt City are consulting on our Long Term Plan, submissions close on 3 May. Four major issues are specifically (but not exclusively) covered: Water Services - Food and Green Organics - Rates relief for low-income households - The way ahead for Petone. Details and links below

RNZ: Significant shortcomings in NZs emergency management system - inquiry The inquiry makes 14 recommendations, including creating a warning system for natural disasters, building up the capability and capacity of civil defence staff, and including iwi Māori, businesses and locals in disaster planning.- More details below plus link.

Wellington Electricity invites you to a community gathering at East Harbour Women's Club in Eastbourne. 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Tuesday 30 April 2024 6.30pm

The event offers an opportunity to learn more about Wellington Electricity and engage with our team. Please join us for a short presentation and light refreshments.

There will be a Q&A session but we also welcome questions by email in advance of the event, or at any time. RSVP is appreciated (but not required) for catering reasons. Please let us know if you’d like to attend, via email, by Friday 26 April  we_CustomerService@welectricity.co.nz

Note: Check out their website - there's a lot of information and you'll probably have questions they can answer on the night.

HUTT CITY Draft Long Term Plan 2024-34

We’re carrying out this consultation to get your feedback on our draft 2024-2034 10 Year Plan. In the Consultation Document we’ve set out our direction and priorities across all areas – including infrastructure, our services and facilities, environmental initiatives, and overall financial planning.

1. Water Services: For us to take the next steps in improving our water services, we're asking for your help to indicate to us the level of investment you're willing to fund through rates.
2. Food and Green Organics. We’re asking you to tell us your thoughts on a food organics and green organics waste collection service moving forward.
3. Rates relief for low-income households. We’re proposing a new Rates Remission Policy which would extend the amount of financial help to eligible low-income ratepayers.
4. The way ahead for Petone. The Petone Library building, Petone Recreation Ground grandstand and Petone Wharf are in need of significant investment. We need your help to decide the level of investment we should prioritise.

We want to hear what you think about the proposals we’ve made in this draft plan. It’s one of our most important 10 Year Plans, so get involved and help us take the next steps!

Here you’ll find:

• Direct links to our feedback form – click through and have your say today!
• More information about the four key issues we are consulting on
• Supporting information about asset management, infrastructure, finances and where we've already made savings

The feedback form won’t take you long, depending on how much detail you’d like to give. You can provide as much or as little feedback as you like. We know you are busy, so we now have the functionality where you can save your online feedback form and come back to it later.

It’s a challenging time economically for everyone, which is why this is one of our most important 10 Year Plans. Help us take the next steps in making Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai Lower Hutt a great place to live - now and into the future.

If you have any questions at all, then please email us on: haveyoursay@huttcity.govt.nz

LTP-2024 Consultation

Feedback closes at 5pm on Friday 3 May 2024.

RNZ: 'Significant shortcomings' in NZ's emergency management system - inquiry

Hot on the heels of our Community Resilience Expo - the report stresses that everyone involved in the responses had the best of intentions, and that communities "courageously supported each other" during the unfolding crises.

Civil Defence agencies told the inquiry they considered communities to be part of the civil defence system, relying on them to respond immediately while the official response was stood up. But communities were not aware of that.

"Most had no local community plans to put into action and, for those that did, there was a lack of worst-case scenario planning."

Those who stepped up did so because they saw a need - not because they thought they were part of a formal response.

"The response relied heavily on the goodwill and effort of communities."

RNZ report https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/514982/significant-shortcomings-in-nz-s-emergency-management-system-inquiry

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