EMRSA AGM
2025-03-30 13:00 - 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Eastbourne Sports and Services Club, 48 Tuatoru Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt 5013
The EMRSA AGM –
The 2025 AGM will be held on Sunday the 30th of March 2025 at 1pm in the Clubrooms Tuatoru Street, Eastbourne.
The final acceptance date for the ‘Nominations for the Executive Committee’ – and for acceptance of ‘Motions for Consideration’ – is the 8th of March 2025.
A reminder that to participate in the AGM and the running of your RSA – and to use the ESSC facilities, you must be a current financial member.

Recycled Reading - book sale
2025-04-05 09:00 - 15:00, 2025-04-06 09:00 - 15:00 | Wellington
Recycled Reading’ book sale organised by the Lions Club of Eastbourne.
Sat/Sun 5th/6th April 9am-3pm Eastbourne Scout Hall (next to Eastbourne Pool)
Slightly scaled back version of our previous ales due to venue size, but lots of good quality books at bargain prices. BYO bag, EFTPOS available.

If anyone has good quality books, games or puzzles to donate – please use the drop off box in the foyer of the Eastbourne Library or to discuss drop off / collection for larger quantities, text Gavin 027 488 5602

Daylight saving ends
2025-04-06 03:00 | Wellington
Daylight saving ends – clocks back 1 hour from 3am. 6 April 2025 at 3am

Make your own Easter Hot Cross buns or Easter Loaf
2025-04-06 10:30 - 13:30 | St Alban’s Church, 11 Ngaio Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, 5013, New Zealand
Make your own Easter Hot Cross buns– with apple, raisins and cinnamon for children aged 5-12
or Easter Loaf with almonds, dried apricots & cherries for teenagers and adults.

Easter baking day: Sunday 6 April at St Albans’ hall kitchen in Ngaio Street.
Hot cross bun making at 10.30 am for children aged 7-12:; Easter loaf making at 12 noon for teens and adults,.
Please register soon at office@stalbanschurch.nz so there are enough ingredients for everybody.
Koha for St Alban’s Church seismic strengthening fund.

RSA Poppy Day
2025-04-11 | Wellington
Poppy Day is the RNZRSA’s main fundraising activity. Donations collected on Poppy Day help us improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for New Zealand’s veterans of all ages.

You can donate to the RSA at anytime: Click here to donate online.
The RSA was established in 1916 with the aim of taking care of New Zealand’s veterans and their families as soldiers returned from Gallipoli. While today’s soldiers face different challenges, our support to them and their whanau continues.
In 2024 we celebrated 102 years of the Poppy Appeal – with the Poppy campaign running throughout the month of April and Poppy Day, our street collection, occurring on 19 April.
The first poppy appeal in 1922 netted 13,166 pounds – poppies were sold for one shilling each. Today’s poppies are sold for a gold coin donation and we average close to a million poppies sold each year.

Burdan's Gate Beach Clean
2025-04-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Wellington
We pick up rubbish along the shoreline from Burdan’s Gate to the Pencarrow lighthouses. Everyone is welcome, for any length of time. Even half an hour makes a difference! You’ll find us at the picnic table just past Wildfinder bikes, before the locked gate. Bags & gloves provided.

Eastbourne Community Board Meeting
2025-04-15 19:15 - 21:00 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
Here’s the agenda for next Eastbourne Community Board meeting at 7.15pm Tuesday 15 April, at the East Harbour Women’s Club.
Everyone is welcome.
Agenda is now available
Or use the public speaking spot to talk for up to 3 minutes about any community matter.
ECB members will be available from 6.45pm to discuss any issues or concerns before the meeting.

ANZAC Day
2025-04-25 10:00 - 11:00 | Memorial Gates, Muritai School, 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt 5013, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
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 Anzac Day commemorations for the first time
1949 – Legislation passed preventing Anzac Day from being ‘Mondayised’
1966 – Current Anzac Day Act liberalises activities allowed after 1 p.m. on Anzac Day
2013 – When 25 April falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the Monday will now be a public holiday
2020 – All Anzac Day public ceremonies in New Zealand cancelled because of COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
The date marks the anniversary of the landing of Australian and New Zealand soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. The aim was to capture the Dardanelles and open a sea route to the Bosphorus and the Black Sea. At the end of the campaign, Gallipoli was still held by its Ottoman Turkish defenders.
Thousands lost their lives during the Gallipoli campaign: 87,000 Ottoman Turks, 44,000 men from France and the British Empire, including 8500 Australians. To this day, Australia also marks the events of 25 April. Among the dead were 2779 New Zealanders, about one in six of those who served on Gallipoli.
They may have ended in military defeat, but for many New Zealanders then and since, the Gallipoli landings signalled that New Zealand was becoming a distinct nation, even as it fought on the other side of the world in the name of the British Empire.
Anzac Day was first observed in 1916. The day has gone through many changes since. The ceremonies that are held at war memorials up and down New Zealand, and in places overseas where New Zealanders gather, are modelled on a military funeral and remain rich in tradition and ritual.
(https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/anzac-day/introduction)

East by West ferry moving to Winter Schedule
2025-04-27 | Wellington
Kia ora ferry users,
Please be aware we’re moving to our winter timetable from Sunday 27th April.
This mostly affects our weekend schedule but some of our weekday times are changing slightly too. See below link to the new timetable.

Winter Schedule : eastbywest.co.nz

Professional Deer Culling Northern Forest East Harbour Regional Park: 5 May - 13 June
2025-05-05 - 2025-06-13 | East Harbour Regional Park, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Greater Wellington Regional Council contracted, professional deer cullers will be hunting in East Harbour Regional Park, Northern Forest between 5th May & 13th June. Hunters will be only hunting when weather conditions are conducive to hunting. There will be 16 days of actual hunting in the period. No hunting will be undertaken on weekends, public holidays or school holidays. Hunting will on occasion be occurring at night. The EHRP website will be updated daily as the hunter communicates his plans to Jo or Zane at GWRC. Please feel free to text Jo on 0274673076 if you are unsure.
Please report deer, pig or goat sightings – include date of sighting, species, number, specific location, activity and photos are always useful – contact Jo Greenman at 0274673076, (text is good) or jo.greenman@gw.govt.nz
There is also an opportunity to undertake culling on private property. Written permission is required for the hunter to cross onto private land. The contract allows private hunting under the GWRC contract on a cost recovery basis. Cost will be $80 per hour of hunting time with a minimum of 3 hours. There is no guarantee of shooting an animal. Contact Jo Greenman – to discuss culling on private land.

PICTURE PERFECT - Historical Society of Eastbourne: 7-17 May
2025-05-07 - 2025-05-17 | Hutt Art Centre, Myrtle Street, Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
The eastern bays, through the eyes of local artists
It all started with a phone call, and an unexpected invitation: would the Historical Society be interested in mounting an exhibition in the Hutt Art Society’s galleries? Even better, an anonymous benefactor would pay the gallery fees. Of course we said yes! So, after months of preparation, we’ll be presenting Picture Perfect: A century of paintings and photographs of the Eastern Bays at the Hutt Art Centre in Myrtle Street, Lower Hutt, from 7 th to 17 th May.
The timing of the invitation was excellent. Two years earlier we’d embarked on a major project: to create a detailed inventory of the artworks in our archive Collection, to get them restored if needed, and to research the artists, some of whom we knew very little about.
The inventory and research were carried out by Claire Taggart, one of our dedicated volunteers. Her work meant we could start thinking about sharing these unique paintings and drawings, most of them never exhibited before, with the wider community. And because we had nowhere to display them permanently, an exhibition seemed the way to go.
So where did these artworks come from? Like nearly everything in our Collection, they’d had been donated to the Historical Society over many years. Some were inherited from the Eastbourne Borough Council in 1989; others were gifted by the artists or their families, or by local residents moving house or sorting an estate. A few were bequests. Several more artworks have been donated in the past year, and a few others are being loaned for the exhibition. Nearly all are by local artists, some of them
well-known names in Wellington art circles, such as Albert Hansen-Knarhoj, Elisabet Delbrück, Rena Swift and Alan Collins. Other names are less familiar, for example Arthur Percival Potter, Simon Prins and Catherine Clunies-Ross.
The collection ranges from small watercolours and pencil drawings to large oil paintings. Among them are two striking portraits: one of Miss Aileen Stace (1895-1977), a well-known Eastbourne resident, and the other of a colourful local character whose identity is currently under wraps.
The artworks actually span more than the ‘century’ of the title: the earliest is dated 1911, while the most recent was completed just last year. The timespan allows us to notice gradual changes, such as the regenerating bush and Eastbourne’s shifting shoreline. Recurring subjects include the harbour in all its moods, Lion Rock (clearly a popular landmark!), and the old ferries, especially the much-loved Cobar (1906-1948). Yet the visitor is also in for some surprises. A railway at Pencarrow Head in the early 1900s – who knew?
In the smaller of the two galleries, the visitor enters the black-and-white (and occasionally hand-coloured) world of early 20 th century photography. Most of the photographs came to us from the Borough Council and are being exhibited here for the first time. They include large, remarkably clear panoramas in their original frames, which makes them rare historical objects in their own right.
Also part of the Council’s legacy is a collection of framed photographs depicting aspects of life ‘at the bay’ from the 1920s to the 1950s. Some of these images may be more familiar, but together they provide a fascinating study of a young and growing community.
There’ll be surprises here too – even for us. A member of the Hutt Art Society found some ‘mystery’ glass-plate negatives of the eastern bays in a car boot sale, and these are currently being developed and printed. All will be revealed at the exhibition….
We look forward to seeing you there in May – and please tell your friends!
Ali Carew

Eastbourne-Bays Community Trust - Applications for Grants (close 15 June)
2025-05-20 - 2025-06-15 | Wellington
For the benefit of residents of the Eastbourne Community and in the exercise of the Trust Board’s discretionary powers charitable purposes shall include public recreation, enjoyment, health, education, instruction, and culture.
Grant applications are invited through print and social media from Eastbourne-Bays Not for Profit entities. Grants are given where there is an enduring benefit to the entity.
Closing Date: 15 June 2025
Applications from Eastbourne-Bays groups are invited. Application forms are available on the website www.ebct.org.nz
Contact: Gaby Brown 021179 5311 or email: trustees@ebct.org.nz

Eastbourne-Bays Community Trust - Applications for Freemasons Scholarship (close 15 June)
2025-05-20 - 2025-06-15 | Wellington
The Eastbourne Freemasons’ Scholarship has been established to encourage tertiary or post graduate study in the successful applicant’s chosen area of expertise.
Eligibility
Applicants for the scholarship must have lived in the Eastbourne-Bays area for a minimum of five years (not necessarily currently) and achieved with distinction in their chosen discipline during a minimum of three years study at a tertiary level.
Scholarship details
The value of the annual scholarship is $5,500 and will be paid upon confirmation that the successful applicant is able to comply with the terms of the scholarship.
Closing Date: 15 June 2025
Applications are invited. Application forms are available on the website www.ebct.org.nz
Contact: Gaby Brown 021179 5311 or email: trustees@ebct.org.nz

National Emergency Mobile Alert test
2025-05-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Wellington
National Emergency Mobile Alert test – save the date

The nationwide test of the Emergency Mobile Alert (EMA) system is taking place in the evening of Sunday 25 May between 6-7pm. This is a routine test to make sure the system is working well, and we anticipate that over 5.5 million phones will receive this message.
Anybody who may be distressed by the alert, or those have a hidden second phone for their safety, should put their phones in flight mode or turn them off between the hours of 6-7pm on Sunday 25 May to avoid the sound of the alert. Switching to silent mode on most mobile phone models will not stop the alert from sounding.
Please feel free to share the date and time of the alert. Further messages to key stakeholders will be shared at a later date, and a nationwide ad campaign will run closer to the time to ensure the general public is aware of when the alert will take place.
In the event of a Tsunami Alert do you know where to go? Try this Tsunami Ready app to find out
You can find more information about the Emergency Mobile Alert system, including a factsheet and list of FAQs by clicking the button below.

All about the Emergency Mobile Alert system

Eastbourne Community Board Meeting
2025-06-10 19:15 - 21:00 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
Eastbourne Community Board meeting at 7.15pm Tuesday 10 June, at the East Harbour Women’s Club.
Everyone is welcome.
Agenda and Chairs Report
Or use the public speaking spot to talk for up to 3 minutes about any community matter.
ECB members will be available from 6.45pm to discuss any issues or concerns before the meeting.

Parangarahu Lakes Community Planting Day
2025-06-14 09:00 - 15:00 | Parangarahu Lakes, Pencarrow Head, Lower Hutt, 5013, New Zealand
Join us for a day of planting 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 warm. This site can be very exposed, so it is a good idea to bring a spare change of clothes.
• Feel free to bring your own favourite spade and gloves.
• Bring your own water bottle, and snacks.
We provide:
• FREE transport from Burdan’s Gate, Eastbourne, along the rugged coast to the Lower Pencarrow Lighthouse at the harbour entrance and onto the entrance of the first lake. Please book your seat as we have limited numbers. No private cars will have access.
• Plants and planting tools, gloves.
• An experienced team leader, health and safety management and training.
Booking is essential to secure your seat on the bus to the lakes
Register here

Greater Wellington — Parangarahu Lakes Community Planting Day https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-region/events-and-meetings/parangarahu-co/

Community Climate Action Fund (closes July 13)
2025-06-16 - 2025-07-11 | Wellington
COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION FUND (formerly the Community Engagement Fund)
Criteria
The fund aims to contribute to the city’s carbon reduction goals by funding:
i. Community-led carbon reduction initiatives, with a focus on initiatives already identified in the Lower Hutt Climate Pathway
ii. Community engagement initiatives that can demonstrate a contribution to carbon reduction in the way they are delivered (eg waste minimisation).
To be eligible for funding:
• Initiatives/activities must take place within Lower Hutt.
• Physical assets must not be stored on Council reserve land or road reserve.
• Any asset purchased over the value of $1,000 must be added to the organisation’s asset register.
• Organisations/groups requesting funding must meet specified criteria, including legal entity status for applications above $10k and the project must align with Council’s Climate Action Pathway.
This is a one-off grant, and any future maintenance of physical assets purchased are the responsibility of the applicant organisations.
Eastbourne Community Board has $2,171 for further allocation in this round as of May 2025.
more information (on this website)
Application form, more information, and assistance in applying (is available) (Hutt City website)

Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe AGM
2025-07-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Muritai School Hall, 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt
The Annual General Meeting of the Troupe will be held on 2 July at 7:30pm in the Muritai School Green Room (entrance at the North end of the hall).
A new constitution (to align with new rules for Incorporated Society) will be presented and voted upon. A copy of the Draft constitution can be downloaded HERE.
We will also appoint officers for the Troupe. It should be a fairly short meeting and then we will have a chance for members to mingle – B.Y.O. drink and nibble.

The Nerd - Butterfly Creek Theatre (12-19 July)
2025-07-12 07:30 - 2025-07-19 22:00 | Muritai School Hall, 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt
We are adding an extra performance at 7:30pm on Wednesday 16 July – tickets on sale through Humanitix. Those who had tickets for Thursday or Friday last week will have received an email about rebooking.
Our next production – The Nerd, by Larry Shue – is now cast and in rehearsal.
The production will be in the Muritai School Hall at 7:30pm on July 12, 16, 17, 18, 19
Tickets are now available from Humanitix.
Set in the mid-Western, mid-sized city of Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum’s architectural career is ticking along nicely. When he has a surprise phone call and hears that he will finally meet the man (Rick Steadman) who anonymously saved his life in Viet Nam, he is thrilled. His positive outlook quickly turns sour when he discovers that Rick is a hopeless nerd, devoid of any social and emotional intelligence. And when Rick moves in with him without being invited, his life turns upside-down and all he can focus on is how to make him leave, and soon!
Director Suzy Cain
Here’s the cast:

Willum Cubbert – Philip Rossiter
Tansy McGinnis – Anna Sutherland
Axel Hammond – Martyn Barry
Rick Steadman – Laurence Ward
Warnock Waldgrave – John Marwick
Clelia Waldgrave – Nicola Tod
Thor Waldgrave – Freddy Thompson

Gollans Valley - Historical Society of Eastbourne
2025-07-13 14:00 - 16:00 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
Find out more about Gollans Valley
The mysterious stretch of land with a fascinating past, at the end of the No Entry road at Burdan’s Gate
2 pm, Sunday July 13 th 2025,
East Harbour Women’s Club rooms,
145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne.
Local historian Ali Carew presents an illustrated talk on the history of the latest addition to Wellington’s regional park system, right at our back door.
All welcome. FREE to Historical Society members, guests a koha please. Afternoon tea will follow the talk.
Further info from eastbournehistorynz@gmail.com

MIRO AGM 2025
2025-07-18 18:00 - 20:00 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
A time to thank MIRO members for their contributions over the past year. Hear about the good work being done by MIRO volunteers and to meet other members.
Starts promptly at 6.00 p.m. Guest speaker at 7.00 p.m.
Our Guest Speaker — Ali Carew,
Ali will give an illustrated talk about the Wellington Regional Council’s recent purchase of Gollans Valley Station, which has been cause for celebration and has led to a range of proposals for its future as part of East Harbour Regional Park.
RSVP to info@miro.org.nz
Farewell our East Harbour Regional Park Ranger, Jo Greenman. Followed by MIRO’s traditional supper of fish & chips, pizza, tea and coffee.

ESSC AGM 2025
2025-07-20 14:30 - 15:30 | Eastbourne Sports and Services Club, 48 Tuatoru Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt 5013
We welcome you to attend the upcoming AGM for the Eastbourne Sports & Services Club on Sunday 20 July at 2.30pm at the ESSC clubrooms. Full details can be found on the noticeboard located in the foyer at the clubrooms or by email received previously, circulated by your club representatives.
Attached is the meeting’s agenda and copy of the draft constitution for your reference. Please note, there have been no material changes to the terms of the original constitution (1997), any changes were adapted merely to meet the new legislation requirements being enforced 2026. The ESSC Board would like to acknowledge Neil Gray (ECC) for the countless hours dedicated to producing this draft constitution.
The ESSC representatives for 2025/26 are as follows:
EMRSA Kevin Togher / Jasmin McSweeney
ERFC Mark Sliper / Willie Davis
ECC Neil Gray / Jason Bull
EFC Kurt Renner / Adam Edwards
MCC Bob Wallens / Llew Kemeys
Order of Business
1. Welcome
2. Minutes of the AGM – 11 August 2024
3. Matters Arising
4. Annual Report by the Chairman
5. Annual Accounts 2024/25
6. Acceptance of Draft ESSC Constitution
7. Confirmation of Directors for the year ending
30 April 2026
8. Appointment of Audit Reviewer for the year ending
30 April 2026
9. General business
We look forward to seeing those of you who are able at the AGM.
MEL HALFORD
CLUB MANAGER
EASTBOURNE SPORTS & SERVICES CLUB INC.
SOUTH END TUATORU STREET
P. O. Box 41-058, EASTBOURNE
WELLINGTON 5047, NEW ZEALAND
P +64 4 562 8563
M +64 212 053 019
manager@essc.club

Targeted Weed Control: CL Bishop Park Bird Protection Area
2025-07-28 - 2025-07-29 | C L Bishop Park, Marine Parade, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, 5013, New Zealand
Contractors will be returning to the dunes in front of CL Bishop Park in July 2025 for
another round of targeted weed control to ensure the continued success of the native
plants that support dune restoration and the Bird Protection Area.
Weather permitting, the work is scheduled to commence from Monday 28 July 2025.
For further details, please refer to the following page.
About the CL Bishop Bird Protection Area
As part of the consent conditions for the Tupua Horo Nuku project, Bird Protection areas
must be established at Whiorau Reserve, CL Bishop Park, and HW Shortt Park.
These areas serve as nesting habitats for kororā (little penguins), protecting the nesting
sites of tōrea pango (variable oystercatchers) and other indigenous seabird species
potentially affected during and after construction activities.
More information can be found on the Hutt City Council website: hutt.city/tupuahoronuku
or please email: tupuahoronuku@huttcity.govt.nz

Eastbourne & The Bays Youth Forum
2025-07-28 17:30 - 20:00 | Eastbourne Community Hub/Library, 38 Rimu Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, 5013, New Zealand
Are you 11 – 19 years old?
Have you got ideas about what this will look like?
When?

Monday 28 July
Eastbourne Library
5:30 – 7pm
Food provided.

This will be an info evening to explore establishing our own Youth Forum in Eastbourne and the Bays.

The Eastbourne Youth Forum is a youth-led initiative for young people to have a voice, lead solutions, and connect with our community. This concept aims to foster a more cohesive and connected Eastbourne community.
It will be a youth-led space, supported by the ECB, where young people can:

Voice their needs and interests
Engage with the community and Foster Community Connection
Fill gaps
Bridge generational gaps
Enhance Mental Health and Resilience
Empower Youth Leadership

We want our local youth to feel valued in Eastbourne and to have a voice. Rather than creating programmes for them, we want to give them space to identify gaps, collaborate with the community, and lead solutions. This forum will bridge generational gaps, dispel myths about “non-youth” spaces (e.g., ECB meetings, Lions Club), and build a more cohesive community.
Feel free to get in touch with Emily or Kaye.
0211885106
emilykeddell@gmail.com

Community Board Election nominations close (noon)
2025-08-01 12:00 | Wellington
Please consider standing for the board, we fought to keep it, now let’s use it to support our community. It’s as much work (or as little) as you want to make it, and our primary responsibility is to represent the community to council. We pass on information to the community, get feedback, and relay that back to HCC as appropriate. We need 5 candidates to complete the board, 6 or more to have an election. Ideally we want broad representation across the whole community – Eastbourne and the Bays.
You don’t have to do any electioneering if you don’t want to. Some current board members are standing again so you won’t be alone.
If anyone would like to discuss this with any current board member, or need help, we’d be happy to do so – please don’t leave it too late!

Nominations close midday Friday 1 August (1 week away).
You need 2 electors / nominators to sign.
You need to provide the nomination form completed, evidence of NZ citizenship, evidence of your deposit, a photo *, and a profile statement* (all can be hand delivered or emailed). (* optional)
A deposit of $200 is required which is refunded if the you get at least 25% (1/4) of the votes of the lowest polling successful candidate (i.e most get it refunded).

Details and forms here: https://www.huttcity.govt.nz/council/elections/2025-local-government-elections

Eastbourne Youth Forum #2
2025-08-10 17:30 - 19:00 | Eastbourne Hub/Library Boardroom
Eastbourne Youth Forum had a great start this week.
It’s happening again!
Part two!!!
To everyone that came on Monday, and all who couldn’t make it, we hope this different night works! Come and learn more about the forum. For all our teenagers and young people in the community. This is for them! Free food!
Tell the young person in your life – cos let’s be honest, they’re not on FB – to check out the Instagram account for more details @eastbourneyouthforum.

Professional deer cullers in East Harbour Regional Park (11 Aug - 19 Sept)
2025-08-11 - 2025-09-19 | Wellington
Greater Wellington Regional Council have contracted professional deer cullers who will be hunting in East Harbour Regional Park Northern Forest between 11th August & 19th September. Hunters will be only hunting when weather conditions are conducive to hunting. There will be 13 days of actual hunting in the period. No hunting will be undertaken on weekends, public holidays or school holidays. Hunting will on occasion be occurring at night. The EHRP website will be updated daily as the hunter communicate their plans to me. Please feel free to text me at 021771730 if you are unsure.

Please report deer sightings – include date of sighting, species, number, specific location, activity and photos are always useful – contact me at 021771730, (text is good) or zane.gillgren@gw.govt.nz

There is also an opportunity to undertake culling on private property. Written permission is required for the hunter to cross onto private land. This year’s contract allows private hunting under the GWRC contract on a cost recovery basis. Cost will be $70 per hour of hunting time with a minimum of 3 hours. There is no guarantee of shooting an animal. Contact Zane Gillgren at 021771730, or zane.gillgren@gw.govt.nz – to discuss culling on private land.

Professional hunters with knowledge of the area and the skills required to operate in the sensitive environment are being employed by GWRC to hunt deer prone areas of the Northern Forest block for wild deer and signs of their presence.
Members of the public using the area will be advised to stay on the main sign-posted walking tracks and to keep dogs on leads. Warning signs erected at all park entrances will be used to notify the users of the area.
The culling is necessary to minimise the impact of deer on the ecological values of the forest, which has been identified as an area of high biodiversity value by GWRC’s Biodiversity department. Heavy browsing of favoured plant species by deer can eliminate individual native species from an area resulting in the loss of diversity and functionality of the forest ecosystem. Reducing wild deer numbers will assist GWRC in their efforts towards restoring the native ecosystem functions of the Northern Forest.

Eastbourne Bowling Club Relocation Consultation 18 Aug - 8 Sept
2025-08-18 - 2025-09-08 | Wellington
A public meeting to discuss this specific proposal will be announced soon. Subscribe to our email newsletter to be updated. An extra week has also been added to the submission period.
The ECB welcomes the Council’s consultation on the Eastbourne Bowling Club’s proposal to build a bowling green on the sealed area beside the Eastbourne Sports and Services Club. We encourage everyone who uses the area for tennis, basketball, skateboarding, biking, etc, to submit at hutt.city/ebcrelocation.
If a bowling green is built there, the area available will be reduced. The three double tennis courts will be replaced by two single tennis courts, and the full-size basketball court will become a half-court.

Eastbourne Community Board Meeting (final before elections)
2025-08-19 19:15 - 21:00 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
Eastbourne Community Board meeting at 7.15pm Tuesday 19 August, at the East Harbour Women’s Club.
Everyone is welcome.
Agenda
Or use the public speaking spot to talk for up to 3 minutes about any community matter.
ECB members will be available from 6.45pm to discuss any issues or concerns before the meeting.
