• Historical Society of Eastbourne AGM

    East Harbour Womens Club 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

    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 of

  • Lion’s Garage Sale and Auction

    Muritai School Yard

    Garage Sale 8am, Auction 9am Muritai School Orua Street entrance Donations of goods accepted from mid-September Contact EastbourneLionsNZ@gmail.com or 027 488 5602

  • Voting Day

    Election day 7 November . Voting places open from 9.00am to 7.00pm Election night. Preliminary election results released progressively from 7.00pm on electionresults.govt.nz

  • Historical Society of Eastbourne – Picture Perfect

    Muritai School Hall 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt

    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 own

  • Eastbourne Christmas Market

    Muritai School Yard

    Stall Bookings and information https://eastbournemarket.co.nz

  • ANZAC Day

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    Memorial Gates, Muritai School 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt 5013, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

    EMRSA_ANZAC Day Service Sheet 2026 Anzac Day is usually commemorated by the Eastbourne Community at the war memorial adjacent to Muritai School, followed by refreshments at the Eastbourne Sports and Services Club. Assembly at Ballinger Gardens, Makaro Street from 9.30am – March to the Memorial Gates, Muritai School. ANZAC Service commences at 10am. Anzac Day is observed on 25 April. It commemorates New Zealanders killed in war and honours returned and serving servicemen and women. Anzac Day dates 1916 – Anzac Day gazetted as a half-day holiday 1921 – Anzac Day becomes a full public holiday 1939 – Dawn ceremony widely included in New Zealand