Eastbourne NZ

Waste collection: Red (general) & Yellow (paper/plastics/cans)
2025-10-27, 2025-09-29, 2025-09-01
Non recyclable rubbish
Your rubbish bin / ipupara
This is your wheelie bin with the red lid, and it’s just for rubbish.
When green waste goes to landfill it creates methane, a greenhouse gas much more potent than carbon dioxide.
Instead of putting it in your red bin, consider composting or using our green waste collection.
Did you know? I get collected weekly.

Paper & plastics
Your recycling bin with the yellow lid / ipu hangarua
This is your wheelie bin with the yellow lid, and it’s just for rubbish.
I get collected on yellow weeks. When incorrect items end up in the wrong bin, they contaminate the recycling / ipu hangarua, which can mean the whole truckload ends up going to landfill. That’s why we need to make sure the only thing that goes in our yellow bins is the stuff that’s too good to waste.

What can be put in the Yellow bin?
YES

Paper and cardboard
Tins and cans
Plastic containers marked with these symbols, often embossed on bottom of item
Plastic symbols 1,2,5

NO

Glass
Batteries
Nappies
Drink cartons / Tetrapak
Polystyrene, clothes hangers and toys
Soft plastics, cling film and strapping

Note: Many of these non recyclable materials can be recycled through other channels – some options are listed here.

Monthly Skip Bin (Eastbourne Lions)
2025-10-25 08:00 - 11:30, 2025-09-27 08:00 - 11:30, 2025-08-30 08:00 - 11:30 (Pacific/Auckland) | Burdan’s Gate
(Note, no collection in December)
Simple and affordable rubbish disposal is available monthly at our skip. We are trialling a new e-waste collection system over spring and summer. Payment in cash only.
Open on the last Saturday of each month, from 8:00 am to 11:30 am. We’ll be there to help you unload!
Types of rubbish and charges are here.
Email: EastbourneLionsNZ@gmail.com

Waste collection: Red (general) & Blue (glass)
2025-10-20, 2025-10-06, 2025-09-22, 2025-09-08, 2025-08-25, 2025-08-11
Non recyclable rubbish
Your rubbish bin / ipupara
This is your wheelie bin with the red lid, and it’s just for rubbish.
When green waste goes to landfill it creates methane, a greenhouse gas much more potent than carbon dioxide.
Instead of putting it in your red bin, consider composting or using our green waste collection.
Did you know? I get collected weekly.

Your glass recycling crate / pouaka kara- he
This is your blue open-top crate, which is just for glass
YES

Glass bottles
Glass jars

Remember: Rinse bottles and jars to make sure they’re clean.
NO

Lids
Tableware and Pyrex
Broken glass
Light bulbs
Mirrors or window glass

Tip: One person’s waste is another’s treasure. Keep an eye out on noticeboards and social media for opportunities to save useable items from going to landfill.

Shake Out 2025 - register and win
2025-10-16 09:30
ShakeOut 2025 is happening at 9:30am on 16 October, and applications are open!
ShakeOut is self-run earthquake and tsunami drill held across the world to remind people of the right action to take during an earthquake.
During an earthquake, Drop, Cover and Hold. You can also practice a tsunami hīkoi (evacuation walk) if you’re in a coastal area.

Every individual or household that registers goes into the draw to win a personal grab bag.
Bags will be delivered and stocked with items to keep you safe during an emergency.

Every organisation, school, university, marae, or community group that registers goes into the draw to win a Civil Defence wheelie bin.
Bins will be delivered and stocked with a range of helpful items to help keep people safe during an emergency.

We’re looking for any positive stories and photos you have to share from any of your previous ShakeOuts.
You may have run your ShakeOut a little differently to others, or you may have discovered something eye-opening during a previous drill or hīkoi that you still use today. If you have any interesting stories or photos to share, please email our comms team below, and it may end up in an upcoming ShakeOut newsletter!

Email us your stories and photos!

Waste collection - Red (general), Yellow (paper/plastics/cans) & Green (organic/garden)
2025-10-13 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-15 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-18 08:00 - 17:00
Your rubbish bin / ipupara
This is your wheelie bin with the red lid, and it’s just for rubbish.
When green waste goes to landfill it creates methane, a greenhouse gas much more potent than carbon dioxide.
Instead of putting it in your red bin, consider composting or using our green waste collection.
Did you know? I get collected weekly.

Your green (garden) waste bin / ipupara tupu
Your green bin is for garden waste only. What can you put in this bin?
YES

Grass clippings
Plant cuttings
NO
Rubbish
Concrete or stone
Nappies
Food waste

Tip: If you don’t have a green waste bin, or you have large quantities of green waste, you can take it to the Silverstream transfer station. If you have compost waste, here are some options.

Your recycling bin with the yellow lid / ipu hangarua
This is your wheelie bin with the yellow lid, and it’s just for rubbish.
I get collected on yellow weeks. When incorrect items end up in the wrong bin, they contaminate the recycling / ipu hangarua, which can mean the whole truckload ends up going to landfill. That’s why we need to make sure the only thing that goes in our yellow bins is the stuff that’s too good to waste.

What can be put in the Yellow bin?
YES

Paper and cardboard
Tins and cans
Plastic containers marked with thes esymbols, often embossed on bottom of item
Plastic symbols 1,2,5

NO

Glass
Batteries
Nappies
Drink cartons / Tetrapak
Polystyrene, clothes hangers and toys
Soft plastics, cling film and strapping

Note: Many of these non recyclable materials can be recycled through other channels – some options are listed here.

Lions Book Sale - Extended/more books! 11-27 October
2025-10-11 - 2025-10-27 | San Antonio School, 78 Oroua Street, Eastbourne,, Lower Hutt, 5013, New Zealand
This year’s booksale in October across two weekends and the week in between too! 9 – 3pm each day.New location: San Antonio’s school on Oroua Street (next door to the church at no. 78).
Donate books to collection boxes at your local library: Eastbourne, Lower Hutt or Petone. For collection or drop off of large numbers of books, text 027 488 5602.
Funds raised going to local causes.
Email: EastbourneLionsNZ@gmail.com

Local Body Elections - including regional and city councils, and community board.
2025-10-11
Local Government Elections:

The Local Government Commission overruled the HCC council vote to disestablish the Eastbourne Community Board as of the next election. This means ECB will be part of the next election cycle. Thank you Eastbourne for your support!
Local body elections are your opportunity to elect your regional (GWRC) and city (Hutt City) councillors, and your community board members (ECB).

Electrify the Hutt
2025-10-04 08:00 - 17:00 | Lower Hutt Town Hall, Laings Road, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5010, New Zealand
Get ready, Hutt Valley – the future is electric!
The Electrify the Hutt Expo is charging into Lower Hutt with a mission to spark inspiration and supercharge your lifestyle with the power of clean electricity. As energy bills climb and climate concerns grow, this high-energy event will show you how to take control—cut costs, slash emissions, and embrace a smarter, more sustainable way of living.
Discover the incredible potential of generating your own local power through solar panels, micro wind turbines, and more. With dynamic demos, interactive exhibits, and expert talks, you’ll learn how easy and empowering it is to electrify your home, reduce your reliance on fossil fuels, and enjoy the long-term benefits of clean energy.
But that’s just the beginning. The expo goes beyond saving money and helping the planet—it’s about building stronger, more resilient communities. By embracing local energy generation, we can protect ourselves from rising energy costs, power outages, and climate extremes. It’s about creating homes and neighbourhoods that are not just efficient, but future-proof.
So whether you’re a curious homeowner, a savvy business owner, or just someone who wants to be part of something positive, Electrify the Hutt is your place to plug in. Come connect with experts, explore cutting-edge tech, and join a growing movement to electrify our lives and build a cleaner, brighter Hutt Valley for everyone.
Add the date to your calendar now!

Daylight saving starts
2025-09-28 02:00 - 03:00
Daylight saving starts, clocks forward 1 hour from 2am.
28 September 2025 at 2am

Historical Society of Eastbourne AGM and talk
2025-09-21 14:00 - 16:00 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
Historical Society AGM is on Sunday 21st September, 2 pm in the East Harbour Women’s Club. Following the AGM, our speaker is David Watt from Heritage NZ, talking about the upsides and downsides of heritage.

Wellington Free Ambulance - Onesie Appeal
2025-09-12
Onesie is back this September
Sign up today for the most onesie-ful event of the year! Please help us raise $200,000 this September
Donate today to keep services FREE of charge.
Your donation is vital to keep emergency ambulance services free for anyone in need of help.

Lions Recycled Reading : 11 -19 October (9am-3pm)
2025-09-11 - 2025-09-19 | San Antonio School, 78 Oroua Street, Eastbourne,, Lower Hutt, 5013, New Zealand
‘Recycled Reading’ – great range of books, games, and some vinyl ready for another owner.
Nine day sale – Sat 11 Oct through to Sun 19 Oct. 9am-3pm each day.
Change of venue to San Antonio School, Oroua St, Eastbourne. EFTPOS available, BYO bags.

Donation boxes in Eastbourne and Petone library foyers; or for pick up/drop off of larger quantities, text Gavin 027 488 5602 or John 022 102 4696

Meet the Candidates - Eastbourne Lions
2025-09-09 19:30 - 21:30 | Eastbourne Sports and Services Club, 48 Tuatoru Street, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt 5013
Meet the 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).
If Hutt City Council should investigate the options for amalgamation (non-binding)

There will be more information on both these issues leading up to the election.
Hutt City Election information
GWRC Election information
Mayor (1)

Brady Dyer 021 2468888 b@dyer.nz
Ken Laban 029 2000044 kenlaban@outlook.com
Karen Morgan 022 1834948 morgan.karen.4.huttcity@gmail.com
Ravi Prabha 021 827252 prabharavi@gmail.com

City Wide Councillors (5 seats)

Sherry Antony 0204 1112288 sherryantonynz@gmail.com
Andrew Gavriel 027 2407299 ag4LHCC@gmail.com
Jonathon Gilbert 022 6945239 jonathon.Gilbert@intune.nz
Semi Kuresa 027 8967917 sdkuresa@gmail.com
Suzanne Levy 022 1729432 vote@suzannelevy.nz
Kath McGuinness 027 2685229 kath4hutt@gmail.com
Chris Paul 021 2862682 christophermpaul@outlook.com
Tony Stallinger 027 4484664 stallingert@gmail.com
Mele Tonga-Grant 021 02587493 mtongagrant4teawakairangi@gmail.com
Karen Yung 027 3387353 kazforcommunity@gmail.com

Greater Wellington Regional Councillors (3 seats)

DUTHIE, Quentin Green Party – quentin.duthie@gmail.com
ELDER, Nigel ACT – nigel.elder@act.org.nz
FARUQUE, Omar Independent – wellingtonomar2025@gmail.com
FISHER, Mike Independent – mike4gwrc@outlook.co.nz
MURPHY, Tom Independent – TomMurphy4GWRC@outlook.com
SHAND, Matt – matt.w.shand@gmail.com
STEVENSON, Mike Independent – gwrc.mstevenson@gmail.com
TUPOU, Gabriel Independent – gabrieltupou@gmail.com

Harbour Ward Councillor (uncontested)

Tui Lewis 021 2716249 tuilewis5012@gmail.com

Eastbourne Community Board Members (uncontested)

Emily Keddell 021 1885106 emilykeddell@gmail.com
Bruce Spedding 021 02974741 winzurf@gmail.com
Murray Gibbons 562 8576 murray@clarrie.co.nz
Jeremy Chaston 027 5155571 Jeremychaston@hotmail.com
Ben Hainsworth 021 342640 hello@benhainsworth.com

Local Government Elections open
2025-09-09
Voting documents are posted out and voting opens.
https://www.huttcity.govt.nz/council/elections/2025-local-government-elections/2025-election-information

Public meeting to discuss proposed Eastbourne Bowling Club relocation to Oroua Street
2025-09-02 19:00 - 21:00 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
Details about proposal plus links

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.

Eastbourne Bowling Club Relocation Consultation 18 Aug - 8 Sept
2025-08-18 - 2025-09-08
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.

Professional deer cullers in East Harbour Regional Park (11 Aug - 19 Sept)
2025-08-11 - 2025-09-19
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 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.
