• Eastern Bays Resilience Expo

    Muritai School Hall 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt

    This will be an expo day focussing on all aspects of community resilience covering Reduction (mitigation), Readiness (preparation), Response (action) and Recovery. Expect to see more about this event over the coming months, and if you'd like to be part of it please get in touch. Find out more about the Eastern Bays Community Resilience Expo

  • Tie dye a top for Pink Shirt Day

    Eastbourne Community Hub/Library 38 Rimu Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    Community Hub (library) - Tie dye a top for Pink Shirt Day Friday 17 May 2024 Anti

  • Parangarahu Lakes Community Planting Day

    Parangarahu Lakes Pencarrow Head, Lower Hutt, New Zealand

    Join us for a day of planting mingimingi, ake ake, and other native species at these nationally significant lakes. The Parangarahu Lakes are important to the surrounding environment and are home to native taonga. This includes a range of wetland plants, īnanga (galaxias maculatus), manu (birds), and our native freshwater mussel, the kākahi. This planting day is perfect for those who enjoy a bit of physical activity, as you’ll be carrying plants and digging holes.  What to bring/wear:• Sturdy boots or gumboots• Long sleeves and pants, and a waterproof jacket are essential. Layering and wearing a hat or beanie is a good way to stay

  • East Harbour Environmental Association AGM plus speaker

    St Ronans Church Hall 234 Muritai Road, Eastbourne,, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

    The East Harbour Environmental Association is holding its AGM next Wednesday evening. As is customary, there will be a speaker at 8 pm and members of the public are most welcome. Speaker: Liz Gibson on local stream systems Liz is from Mountains to Sea Wellington Trust and carries out educational work on NZ stream systems. She will start with a quick briefing on the work they do, including with schools in our area, and then outline the current state and ecology of local streams of the eastern harbour catchments. She will discuss some of the interesting tools and tech they use to find what is