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(Press release GWRC) A new backyard to explore: Gollan’s Valley opens to the public before Christmas  Locals and visitors to the region will soon have a new place to explore, with Greater Wellington’s Gollan’s Valley property set to open to the public by 19 December. From walking new tracks and discovering hidden corners of the region to spending time outdoors with whānau, the opening will give people a chance to experience a remarkable part of the Wellington region that has been closed to the general public for sixty years. At 1,366 hectares, Gollan’s Valley is a significant stretch of landscape connecting the Northern Forest and ParangarahuRead More →

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In: Civil Defence / WREMO, Climate Change, Climate Response Network, Community Board, Consultation, Eastbourne, Eastbourne community New Zealand, Emergency, Hutt City Council

Proposal to Hutt City Council Integrated Community Use, Youth Activation, and Resilience Hub This proposal has been submitted to HCC, relating specifically to the upstairs space in the Eastbourne Community Hall, but of course the whole building a surroundings have a role to play, especially in the event of a community emergency response. This proposal seeks approval for the Eastbourne Community Board to: Assume management of the upper-level rooms at the Eastbourne Community Hall Relocate Community Board and emergency communications functions into this space (smaller room). Enable broader community use, including bookable venue hire (larger room). Establish a locally coordinated Emergency Assistance Centre Release theRead More →

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MetLink

Future of bus services in the Hutt Valley – Have your say! Survey open 17 Aug 2026 – 06 Sep 2026 Metlink are reviewing bus services across the Hutt Valley to make sure the network continues to work well for you now and in the future.  As part of this, they’re looking at how to balance accessibility and affordability while providing a network that meets the community’s needs. Some services may change, some may reduce, and some new connections are being considered. Before any decisions are made, we want to hear what matters most to you. The details of the proposed changes will also beRead More →

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This is a presentation to Greater Wellington Regional Council made by Tamara Tubbs, speaking on behalf of a community group, which includes Bob Roche, Jim Pinson and Lisa South, working with Eastbourne and Miramar Peninsular residents, the Eastbourne community board, local business owners and schools to explore reinstating the Days Bay–Seatoun–Queens Wharf ferry service. The presentation begins: For many years there was a morning and evening commuter ferry connecting Days Bay, Seatoun and Queens Wharf. It was part of Wellington’s public transport network. People relied on it to get to work, school and around the city. It connected communities across the harbour. Three years ago that connection was lost. TodayRead More →

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Unitary Authority Proposal

Lower Hutt mayor’s amalgamation plan: A unitary authority and six community councils Justin Wong|Local Democracy Reporting, July 9, 2026 • 4:40pm Ken Laban proposes Wellington and Wairarapa will form a single 20-member authority which will need a super majority to pass its budget and will devolve some powers to local “community councils”. His proposal is not the Wellington region’s final amalgamation plan that needs to be submitted by the Government’s August 9 deadline, but a draft of what governing a region of 543,000 people could look like. “People told us they support working together, but not at any cost. They want confidence that their community won’tRead More →

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Hutt City logo

From 3-15 June 2026, Hutt City Council sought public feedback on the Government’s invitation to councils across New Zealand to explore potential local government amalgamations through a fast-tracked “Head Start” process. More information and survey report. If you made a submission on what a future local government should look like, and what principles should guide discussions – thank you! If not, this is an invitation to provide feedback for use in a workshop on the 1 July. Answer some or all of these questions, or just giving us your perspective. What do you want to keep local, no matter what? “Thinking about the people, organisations,Read More →

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In: Climate Change, Climate Response Network, Eastbourne community New Zealand, Eastern Bays, Environment, Environment, Feature, Recycling

Big thanks to the Eastbourne Lions, EarthLink, saveBOARD, and the community. Our community Tetra Pak recycling has been an epic success, so good in fact that we’ve suggested that HCC roll out a similar scheme across the city. We’ve been asked if it was some sort of commercial business by EarthLink who accept all our TetraPaks and send them to saveBOARD in Hamilton where they are quickly and simply turned into wallboard. We are also lucky that Eastbourne Lions have taken this on – another great community service from this wonderful team of volunteers! Currently you can recycle TetraPaks in the library foyer (during libraryRead More →

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In: Cycling, Days Bay, Eastbourne community New Zealand, Eastern Bays, Feature, Parking, Roads, Sunshine Bay, Tupua Horo Nuku Resilience / Shared Path, Walking
Sunshine to Days Bay path design

Included in the agenda for the 16th June 2026 ECB meeting is Report no: ECB2026/3/138 – The Sunshine Bay to Days Bay section of the pathway has been highly topical and subject to comment through the life of the Tupua Horo Nuku project, and more so since it’s official opening. We recommend you download the agenda and read this section if you have an interest in this issue. The report begins: Shared Path Transition: Sunshine Bay to Days Bay Purpose of Report To seek approval for the construction of a shared use path between Sunshine Bay and the Days Bay timber boardwalk, and to implement the detailed designRead More →

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This was a post on Facebook from Transpower recently It’s the kind of story that has the makings of a Michael Bay movie… ‘Scientists warn of a huge plasma blast from the sun which will cause extreme geomagnetic storms on Earth and risk major damage to electricity grids across the globe’. However, this is the very real risk of something called ‘space weather’, and in the absence of a Hollywood action hero, we’ve been preparing for this over several years, developing our own response plan with science experts and industry partners. We put this plan through its paces last week for our annual pan-industry exercise,Read More →

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Sunshine Bay to Days Bay design

The 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 project would probably not gone ahead under the Shovel Ready funding criteria (1). The transition / corner between SunshineRead More →

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Harbour to Headlands

Gollan’s Valley has become quite topical in the community again lately. Here’s a video produced for the sale process to give you an idea of the scope and nature of the area (obviously tailored to sell). If you want to be involved in the process from a community perspective then the best approach would be through the Harbour to Headlands group set up specifically for this.Read More →

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 Kia ora, A brief update this evening from Jo Millar, CEO Hutt City. A state of emergency has been declared for the Wellington region due to the significant rain event. The MetService has issued a Red weather warning. Our Emergency Operations Centre is activated. Keep in touch with the latest updates on our website here and social media channels. Our facilities will continue to be closed tomorrow (Tuesday 21 April) based on the latest forecasts. We will reassess mid-morning and let everyone know the plan. Please stay in touch with your people leader if you need to check in on work arrangements. These hubs will remain open overnight untilRead More →

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In: Buses, Civil Defence / WREMO, Climate Change, Cycling, Eastbourne community New Zealand, Eastern Bays, Electricity, Emergency, Environment, Ferries, Metlink, Roads, Rubbish, Social services

(From HCC website)   Immediate Actions: Stay vigilant through high tide (4:56pm) until approximately 6pm Avoid non-essential travel Treat all power lines as live – stay clear and report immediately Do not drive through flood water Watch for landslip warning signs Call 111 for emergencies Ongoing Vigilance: Ground remains unstable – risk of landslips continues Check hillside areas regularly if nearby Do not stand below unstable slopes Report slips affecting roads/public areas to Council Warning signs of a landslide can include: Small slips, rock falls and subsidence at the bottom of slopes Sticking doors and window frames Gaps where frames are not fitting properly OutsideRead More →

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event cancelled

The weather has gate crashed our celebration! Unfortunately the official public event tomorrow has been cancelled – ECB still have 100 bike-bells to give away, so weather permitting some of us may be out and about to ring you up on Sunday. We will be organising an event in the near future. HCC Update HCC CEO Jo Millar We are experiencing sudden downfalls impacting our city. There is some flooding in Taitā and Stokes Valley. WWL has been notified. Metservice is forecasting that the rain will ease late morning and may intensify again for a period late afternoon before clearing in the evening. The EOCRead More →

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event cancelled

The weather is gate crashing our celebration! The weather isn’t looking too flash for Saturday – so the decision is to postpone the public informal part of the day until Sunday 19 April (next day). Same places, same time (10am-2pm), same fun – just hopefully better weather. The official proceedings (blessing and opening) will still go ahead from 6am at Whiorau Reserve on Saturday 18th April. Sunday – Get your bikes tuned up, lace up your walking shoes, and prepare to explore the completed 4.4km path with us! We have fun things planned for your whānau around the Eastern Bays. Come along from 10am-2pm on Sunday 19Read More →

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Reminder: ECB meeting scheduled for tonight (17 February) has been postponed. For urgent/safety issues please ring 111. If you have a problem that concerns the council please go to https://my.huttcity.govt.nz/ . For local/general issues contact a member of ECB. In the media The Herald  – Hutt Council CEO Jo Miller talks about the damage caused by yesterday’s weather event. Watch the playback here. RNZ – Check point (Jon Kingsbury) Weather chaos hits lower North Island as Hutt Valley floods. Listen here. Newtalk ZB – Jo Miller – Listen here. Newstalk ZB – Road ‘disintegrating’ as flooding tears through Lower Hutt suburb. Read more here. One News 16/2 – 6pm Jon Kingsbury andRead More →

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In: Cycling, e-scooter, Eastbourne community New Zealand, Eastern Bays, Environment, Environment, Feature, Roads, Transport, Walking

Fill 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 Ms Lovell and our principal Mr Davenport. We asked Muritai School tamariki about where they lived and how theyRead More →

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Summer lane swimming - Eastbourne Icebergs

This programme is very important to some members of our community. To make sure it runs this summer we need 80 registrations (there were 70 last year). We are currently sitting at about 40, partly due to poor promotion, particularly the cut off date which is now Sunday night 9 November. If you are even slightly interested, unsure, or want to support those community members who really value this then please register your interest now , no payment required at this stage so there’s no risk, you’ll be helping get the programme running just by registering, and you can decide later if you want toRead More →

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To keep those long, sunny swim seasons going strong, we need you! We’re looking for a few more capable swimmers to volunteer as lifeguards for the final month of this season. Even a couple of shifts makes a huge difference. Let’s show how much we love our pool—jump in, bring the family, and swim often! The more we use it, the brighter its future. Ready to help? Message Alex Irvine directly to sign up: alex.irvine@huttcity.govt.nz. (or message us and we’ll connect you) Together, we’ve got this!Read More →

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In: Eastbourne community New Zealand, Eastern Bays, Elections, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Hutt City Council, Lower Hutt

Candidates for the upcoming local body elections. This election you will be voting for the mayor, 5 city-wide candidates, and 3 regional council candidates. Our Harbour Ward councillor Tui Lewis has already been decided (uncontested), and our Community Board is also decided as we only had the required 5 candidates nominated, meaning no contest is required. This election will also feature 2 referendums. To retain the new Maori Ward (binding  – this will affect the next election in 2028, not this one). Non-binding referendum on whether Hutt City Council should “explore amalgamation options with Wellington, Upper Hutt and Porirua City Councils, and the Greater Wellington RegionalRead More →