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Come and celebrate with us! Everyone welcome! The last Mayor of Eastbourne, Ross Jamieson will do the honours of formally opening the new synthetic green by bowling the first bowl. Come along and play a few bowls on our new green. A few nibbles will be provided. All members of the community are invited and encouraged to attend.Read More →

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Community Water Stations – training We have 2 of these stations, at Lowry Bay and Days Bay. These contain pumps, water filtration equipment and water storage bladders to allow us to use local water (or tanker) sources for community supply in an emergency. We need some locals to train in their use, so if you are interested please contact me. The Days Bay Water Station is a shipping container tucked into the corner of Williams Park south of Kereru Road adjacent to the petanque / volleyball area. The Lowry Bay station is at the top of Cheviot Road. More information is available here https://www.tiakiwai.co.nz/water-networks/topic/emergency-water-3Read More →

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4 story apartment building concept

Muritai School Library 7pm 21 September, Oroua Street entrance The Developers , Faisandier , a Lower Hutt family based business, are holding a Community engagement evening to share what’s happening in the Eastbourne Village on the Lai Green grocer site. Its an opportunity to engage with the team at Faisandier. The intention for the evening is to show what the early-stage design is looking like and share some of the thoughts that have gone into the design so far so those who are interested can satisfy their curiosity. They chose to include one of the renders in the promotion of the info night as itRead More →

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4 story apartment building concept

Muritai School Library 7pm 21 September, Oroua Street entrance The Developers , Faisandier , a Lower Hutt family based business, are holding a Community engagement evening to share whats happening in the Eastbourne Village on the Lai Green grocer site. Its an opportunity to engage with the team at Faisandier.Read More →

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Future of bus services in the Hutt Valley – have your say. As signalled last month, Greater Wellington Regional Council is reviewing bus services across the Hutt Valley…  read online >> The Eastbourne Herald is our monthly news source, with community news, issues, profiles, events, information, services, real estate and more. A copy of the Herald is an essential accessory for contact details, local trades services, timetables and more. The Herald is delivered or you can pick up a copy at the Eastbourne Library. Eastbourne Herald Online edition Eastbourne Herald on Facebook , email editor@eastbourneherald.co.nz or phone (04) 562 750 https://www.eastbourneherald.co.nz/ for advertising and publishing deadlines and datesRead More →

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The Quality of Life Survey is a nationwide survey held every two years to understand people’s perceptions of their quality of life and experiences of living in urban areas across Aotearoa New Zealand. The survey covers a range of topics, including: Overall quality of life Built and natural environment Housing Public transport Health and wellbeing Local issues Community, culture and social networks Climate change Employment and economic wellbeing Council processes 2026 survey results Quality of life survey results 2026 – Lower Hutt dashboard Quality of life survey results 2026 –  Overall resultsRead More →

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Drop in session, Eastbourne Library/Hub 29 August 10-11 am 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.Read More →

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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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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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In: Consultation, Eastbourne community New Zealand, Eastern Bays, Feature, Ferries, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington Harbour

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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NOTIFICATION OF POLE WORKS IN THE VICINITY OF YOUR PROPERTY Dear Resident/Business, This letter is to advise you that Connetics will be in your area as part of our project to remove pillar and install a new one as part of Wellington Electricity’s maintenance program. Work will occur outside 21 Rimu Street and is scheduled to commence anytime from 10/08/2026 to 31/08/2026 between the hours of 9am and 3pm and 9pm to 5am. These dates and times allow for any unforeseen delays as due to the nature of our work there are occasions where we may run unexpectedly over time as our work is highlyRead More →

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Historical Society of Eastbourne

Many of you will remember our successful art exhibition, ‘Picture Perfect’, at the Hutt Art Centre in May last year. We always intended repeating it here in Eastbourne at some stage, and can now confirm that it will take place over the weekend of 14-15 November in the Muritai School Hall, as part of the Wellington Heritage Festival. We’re delighted to have another opportunity to showcase our ‘century of paintings of the eastern bays’ and to tell the stories associated with them. In addition, we hope to display some of our large framed early photographs of the bays, which are historic items in their ownRead More →

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Proposed transport changes – have your say. Greater Wellington Regional Coiuncil is proposing sweeping chhanges for transport to and from Eastbourne…  read online >> The Eastbourne Herald is our monthly news source, with community news, issues, profiles, events, information, services, real estate and more. A copy of the Herald is an essential accessory for contact details, local trades services, timetables and more. The Herald is delivered or you can pick up a copy at the Eastbourne Library. Eastbourne Herald Online edition Eastbourne Herald on Facebook , email editor@eastbourneherald.co.nz or phone (04) 562 750 https://www.eastbourneherald.co.nz/ for advertising and publishing deadlines and datesRead More →

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HSE Annual General Meeting, Sunday 23 August 2026 at 2pm, in the East Harbour Women’s Club rooms, 145 Muritai Road We’re delighted to announce that our guest speaker at the AGM will be Charlotte Macdonald, Emerita Professor of History at Victoria University of Wellington. Her illustrated presentation will be based on her award- winning book, Garrison World: Redcoat Soldiers in New Zealand and across the British Empire, published in 2025. The book explores the lives of imperial troops and their families stationed in New Zealand between 1840 and 1870. It examines the crucial role the troops played in the imposition of imperial rule and the development ofRead More →

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Tuesday 21st July at 7.30 (Venue: EB Women’s Club on Muritai Rd). Merv Theobold (Petone Community Patrol) and a representative from the Lower Hutt Police will be available to talk to those parties who have already expressed interest (plus anyone else who is interested) about setting up a Community Patrol (Merv) and to provide us with guidance on crime prevention (NZ Police representative). Those of us already connected through the Eastbourne Community Patrol WhatsApp Group will receive this invite shortly but essentially this is a meeting where all those who wish to be part of the patrol, assist with fundraising endeavors, provide administrative assistance and/orRead More →

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In: Community Board, Consultation, Eastbourne community New Zealand, Eastern Bays, Feature, Government, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Lower Hutt, Wellington
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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In: Eastbourne, Environment, Environment, Feature, Walking, Weather

See something wrong in the community? Please report it. An Eastbourne resident recently reported a near-miss when a sizeable branch fell of a Norfolk Island Pine near St. Ronan’s Church on Muritai Road. narrowly missing the resident and her child. Fortunately no one was hurt, and fortunately the resident reported this incident following some research into these trees which highlighted potential safety issues. The Eastbourne Community Board reported this to the Hutt City Council, and the HCC commissioned a report into the trees which is linked below. The response from the council is also below. The response from Paul Hewitt, Head of Transport and Jon Kingsbury,Read More →