Eastbourne NZ

Waste collection: Red (general) & Yellow (paper/plastics/cans)
2023-06-12, 2023-07-10, 2023-08-07
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.

Tupua Horo Nuku Open Day - Mā-koromiko & Sunshine Bay
2023-06-18 10:00 - 12:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Mā-koromiko Construction Site
A public open day will be held at Mā-koromiko on Sunday 18 June to share the progress on resilience improvements with the new seawall construction, as well as general information on the project with the community.

Waste collection: Red (general) & Blue (glass)
2023-06-19, 2023-07-03, 2023-07-17, 2023-07-31
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.

Eastbourne Community Board meeting
2023-06-20 19:15 - 21:15 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
Agenda and minutes of previous meeting (PDF 11MB)
Public have the opportunity to speak for 3 minutes each before meeting starts.
Get the Chairs Report and other information before each meeting by subscribing to the email list (you can unsubscribe at any time).

Monthly Skip Bin (Eastbourne Lions)
2023-06-24 08:00 - 11:30, 2023-07-29 08:00 - 11:30 | 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), Yellow (paper/plastics/cans) & Green (organic/garden)
2023-06-26 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-07-24 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.

Mayoral Clinic - Campbell Barry @ Hive
2023-06-27 10:00 - 11:00
Mayor Campbell Barry will be available Tuesday 27 June at Hive Café, Eastbourne. 10am – 11am

Eastbourne-Bays Community Trust AGM
2023-06-28 19:30 - 20:30 | Green Room behind Muritai School Hall, 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt
Notice of EBCT Annual Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Eastbourne-Bays Community Trust will be held in the Green Room at Muritai School on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 7.30pm. (Entrance on Muritai Rd, at side door near pedestrian crossing)
Appointment of Trustees
In accordance with Rule 3.2 (v), nominations from Eastbourne-Bays residents for two vacant Trustee positions may be sent to the Trust’s
email address by 11 June 2023. Voting on the positions will take place at the AGM.
Gaby Brown and Sarah Rusholme have completed their three-year terms as resident-appointed Trustees and have indicated they are available for re-election.
Further information, contact: George Tuffin 027 243 1945 or email trust secretary on trustees@ebct.org.nz

The Future is Rail: Reviving long distance passenger trains
2023-07-02 14:00 - 15:00 | St Ronans Church Hall, 234 Muritai Road, Eastbourne,, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
Paul Callister is a retired economist. However, retirement seems to have created even more work! Paul’s current research areas include climate change policy, sustainable transport, and ecological restoration. He is active in two major restoration projects in Kapiti, with a particular interest in lizards.

At the Bay - by Katherine Mansfield
2023-07-02 19:00 - 20:30 | Welleseley College, 611A Marine Drive, Days Bay, Lower Hutt, 5013, New Zealand
Wellesley College at Days Bay is the perfect setting for the first screening of this production. It is one of the few buildings that survive from 1908, when Mansfield stayed at her parents’ cottage at nearby Downes Point. Known then as Days Bay House, a hotel, the impressive facade of the main building is much the same today. The feature is a new production by local film maker Simon Hoyle (Southlight) and includes actors from Eastbourne’s Butterfly Creek Theatre Group. Directed by Anne Manchester, it also draws on many contemporary images of the setting for “At the Bay”, chosen by historian Alison Carew.
Mansfield scholar and musician, Martin Griffiths (cello), together with pianist Sherry Grant, will perform pieces by Edwin Carr, Arnold Trowell and one of Mansfield’s favourite composers, Chopin.
Redmer Yska, the author of the acclaimed book about Mansfield’s early childhood, A Strange Beautiful Excitement, will talk about his new book about Mansfield’s years in Europe.
A discussion of the project and a profile of one of the actors, Sir Ashley Bloomfield, can be
found at: https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/131918675/sir-ashley-bloomfield-back-in-front-of-the-camera-with-new-acting-gig
 Sunday 2 July 2023
 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm
 Auditorium, Wellesley College, Days Bay, Lower Hutt 5013
$16.20 Tickets for At The Bay – Wellington – Eventfinda

Matariki Puanga 2023
2023-07-03 - 2023-07-20
This year, Mana Whenua have gifted ‘Matariki Puanga’ as the name for current and future years. This year’s activities and events will take place between 3 – 20 July.
Like last year, we will have a one-day community wide celebration as part of this programme. Through feedback, hui and wānanga between community, stakeholders, and council, we have looked to truly take this celebration into the community. Our approach is to hold this in different parts of the city each year, with this year’s being held on the 9th of July in Naenae. In addition, as part of the programme, there will be activities at all of our hubs throughout the month of July.
This year’s approach and full programme is endorsed by Mana Whenua.

Talking with - Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe
2023-07-06 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-07-07 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-07-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-07-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-07-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2023-07-15 19:30 - 21:30 | Muritai School Hall, 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt
Talking with
by Jane Martin
Poignant and bittersweet tales of lives, loves & laments
Ticket Information

Adult: $22.75 each ($20.00 + $2.75 fees)
Senior/Member: $18.20 each ($17.00 + $1.20 fees)
Under 25: $5.00 each

Buy tickets

Baring Head Community Planting Day
2023-07-09 09:00 - 15:00
Grab your friends and whānau and join us at Baring Head/Ōrua-pouanui for a morning of planting in this rugged corner of the Wellington Region.

We will be planting ngaio, tī kouka, harekeke and other native species in the valley alongside the Wainuiomata River. In a few years’ time it’s going to look very different so if you’d like to be part of the team restoring this location, we’d love your help.
This planting day is suitable for people with medium fitness as you will need to carry plants and dig holes, but the area being planted is a flat walk away from the carpark and easy to get to. This is not suitable for young children and recommended for 13 years and above. There is a toilet in the carpark. No dogs are allowed in this park. Register using link below
https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-region/events-and-meetings/baring-headorua-pouanui-community-planting-day/

Roto Parangarahu Community Planting Day
2023-07-16 09:00 - 15:00
Did you know there are two nationally significant and breath-taking lakes hidden in East Harbour Regional Park?

These lakes are particularly 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.
Join us for a day of planting mingimingi, ake ake, and other native species along the top of Cameron Ridge with spectacular views over Roto Kohangatera and the South Island. With Pencarrow Lighthouse and Roto Parangarahu nearby, you’ll enjoy a day planting and exploring this beautiful area of the park.
This planting day is suitable for people with a medium level of fitness as you will need to carry plants and dig holes. The area being planted is a short 20-minute walk from the bus up to the planting area. This is not suitable for children and recommended for 13 years and above. There will be a toilet provided during the planting. No dogs are allowed in this park. Register using link below.
https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-region/events-and-meetings/roto-parangarahu-community-planting-day/https://www.gw.govt.nz/your-region/events-and-meetings/roto-parangarahu-community-planting-day/

Historical Society of Eastbourne AGM
2023-07-23 14:00 - 16:00 | East Harbour Womens Club, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
We’re looking forward to our Annual General Meeting, 2pm on Sunday 23rd July at the Women’s Club rooms.
Following the business, local writer and postcard collect Nik Zangouropolous is speaking on “Eastbourne: A Postcard Village.”
All welcome. Afternoon tea will be served.

MIRO 2023 AGM
2023-07-28 18:30 | Muritai School Hall, 166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne, Lower Hutt
NOTICE OF MIRO 2023 AGM
MIRO members and helpers are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting:
6.30 p.m. on Friday, 28th July 2023
Muritai School Hall
166 Muritai Road, Eastbourne
This year the 2023 MIRO Annual General Meeting will again be held in the Muritai School Hall so that we are in a well-ventilated environment. Mask wearing will be voluntary.
This is the time for the Committee to thank MIRO members for their contributions over the past year. It also provides the opportunity to hear about the good work being done by MIRO volunteers and meet other members.
The AGM will start promptly at 6.30 p.m. This year, the formal part of the meeting and presentation will be followed by MIRO’s traditional supper of fish & chips, pizza, tea and coffee.
For those of you who wish to join MIRO or continue your formal membership, the membership renewal details are: Individual $10, Family $15 (2 or more people at the same address). Please make payments to the MIRO Account No: 38-9015-0249942-00, with your name in the Reference field. If you are a new member, please also email your contact details to info@miro.org.nz.
This Year’s Presentation:
MIRO Past and Future —People, Pests and Plants
Speakers —Jo Greenman and Terry Webb
Having noticed that some of us are getting older, we decided that now was a good time to present a potted history of MIRO’s formation and activities up until the present day. Contributions and corrections from the floor will be welcome, but we do want to keep to time so that the supper doesn’t get cold!
Terry will then talk about our thoughts and plans for future pest control in the Northern Forest, especially the removal of rats, which could pave the way for the translocation of vulnerable bird species.
Jo will then take over and talk about current and future revegetation work at Roto Parangarahu and Ōrua-pouanui (Baring Head). This is especially pertinent in terms of the climate crisis that we are facing.
Intending to come along? So that we have some idea of numbers attending, please RSVP by email. Partners, family members and friends who have helped MIRO are most welcome.

AGENDA: MIRO 2023 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
1. Apologies
2. Minutes of the 2022 AGM
3. Chair’s Report
4. Treasurer’s Report
5. Election of Committee
6. General Business
The 2023 Annual Report is available here: MIRO 2023 Annual Report. We will only be printing a small number of these this year, so please access it on-line if you can.
This is the time for the Committee to thank MIRO members for their contributions over the past year. It also provides the opportunity to hear about the good work being done by MIRO volunteers and meet other members.
The AGM will start promptly at 6.30 p.m. This year, the formal part of the meeting and presentation will be followed by MIRO’s traditional supper of fish & chips, pizza, tea and coffee.
For those of you who wish to join MIRO or continue your formal membership, the membership renewal details are: Individual $10, Family $15 (2 or more people at the same address). Please make payments to the MIRO Account No: 38-9015-0249942-00, with your name in the Reference field. If you are a new member, please also email your contact details to info@miro.org.nz.
This Year’s Presentation:
MIRO Past and Future —People, Pests and Plants
Speakers —Jo Greenman and Terry Webb
We will present Past and Future in four threads:
“Where did we come from?” (our development as an organisation) – Terry
“Trying to help the Birds” (bird counts, robins, dotterels, kiwi) – Jo
“All things Trapping in the Northern Forest” – Terry
“Plants Galore” – Jo

St John - First Aid Workshop
2023-08-02 19:00 - 21:00 | St Ronans Church Hall, 234 Muritai Road, Eastbourne,, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
First Aid Workshop, anyone welcome. $40 per person (includes cuppa & bikkie)
What’s covered?
The workshop covers the four most likely emergencies you might encounter.
It could enable you to save a life …

How to do CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation),
How to use an AED (Automated External Defibrillator),
How to deal with choking,
How to deal with severe bleeding.

Book with Sandy Lang ( slang@xtra.co.nz)

The future of food and energy - Mike Joy
2023-08-13 15:00 - 17:00 | St Ronans Church Hall, 234 Muritai Road, Eastbourne,, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 5013, New Zealand
3pm Sunday 13 August, St Ronan’s church, Eastbourne – Koha greatly appreciated.
As an ecologist Mike sees the world in an interconnected systems way. This view allows for the awareness and acceptance that civilisation is facing peak everything, and climate change is but one of a raft of existential crises that are symptoms overshoot. The crises are the manifestation of hitting planetary boundaries, or biophysical limits to growth we were warned about in the 1970s. The burgeoning human population and levels of consumption has far exceeded the ability of the planet to sustain it long-term through. This overshoot was enabled using fossil energy, in the case of food much of it through synthetic nitrogen, which allowed us, albeit temporarily to eat the past. This transition was arrogantly labelled the ‘green revolution’ and talked up as a great human achievement but, it was one-off subsidy from the past. This legacy is, however, close to its end as the ‘easy energy pickings’ diminish.
To be able to feed the burgeoning population without fossil fuels and keep greenhouse gas emissions at a safe level will require a drastic reduction in consumption. Thus, degrowth is inescapable our choice is whether we do it in a managed way or have it forced upon us.
Mike Joy BSc, MSc (1st class hons), PhD in Ecology is a Senior researcher at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University, Wellington. He researches ecological modelling, bioassessment, environmental science, environmental policy, and energy futures.
Mike has published many papers in scientific journals, many international as well as articles and op-eds for newspapers and magazines. He has authored many reports for Regional Councils and ministry for the environment and has developed several bioassessment tools and associated software.
Mike is an outspoken advocate for environmental protection in New Zealand and has received a number of awards including an Ecology in Action award from the NZ ecological Society, an Old Blue award from Forest and Bird, he received the Tertiary Education Union NZ Award of Excellence for Academic Freedom and contribution to Public Education, the 2013 Charles Fleming Award for environmental work from the Royal Society of New Zealand, in 2015 the Morgan Foundation inaugural River Voice Award and in 2017 the inaugural NZ Universities Critic and Conscience award.
