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Smells from the sewage processing facility at the southern landfill - we have had the following email from Wellington Water, noting probable smell issues as they need to do work on the plant in Careys Gully, meaning some potential smells escaping the facility...
"You are receiving this … View moreSmells from the sewage processing facility at the southern landfill - we have had the following email from Wellington Water, noting probable smell issues as they need to do work on the plant in Careys Gully, meaning some potential smells escaping the facility...
"You are receiving this email because your email address appears on either the mailing list for the Carey’s Gully Sludge Dewatering Plant or our list of interested parties.
Kia Ora Koutou
This email is to let you know that that due to unplanned maintenance of the roller door in the Skip Bay area from 13/02/2025 at 08:00, there is likely to be noticeable odour coming from the plant while these works are carried out.
Mitigation measures undertaken include Odour suppression system / Odour blaster and Odour monitoring on-site.
Email: Customer.Notifications@wellingtonwater.co.nz.
Ngā mihi
Glenis
Senior Information & Escalation Coordinator
Customer Experience
Wellington Water
Private Bag 39804, Wellington Mail Centre 5045
Level 4, 25 Victoria Street, Petone, Lower Hutt"
GBRAI have seen/been informed of blocks of lights throughout wider Brooklyn. We have made enquiries with Wellington Electricity (WCC service provider). Please see correspondence between W/E & GBRAI...
...long story short: trees affecting lighting systems and old hardware
From: Brooklyn … View moreGBRAI have seen/been informed of blocks of lights throughout wider Brooklyn. We have made enquiries with Wellington Electricity (WCC service provider). Please see correspondence between W/E & GBRAI...
...long story short: trees affecting lighting systems and old hardware
From: Brooklyn Wellington <brooklynresidentswellington@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 29 January 2025 10:42 am
CustomerService@welectricity.co.nz>
Subject: [9522] 29/01/2025: Street light outages across Brooklyn, Wellington
Good morning Wellington Electricity,
We (GBRAI) are aware that across the city, there have been blocks of street lights where there have been outages. Greater Brooklyn Residents Association Inc specifically advocates for residents in the Brooklyn to Kingston area of south Wellington.
For the last two weeks, we have had street lights out in various areas (currently Reuben Avenue, parts of Ohiro Road and there are several other streets that I need to get more information on). When will these be fixed and operating normally?
We have our own email database, Facebook and Neighbourly pages and would like to convey to citizens and residents the actions Wellington Electricity is taking to get these outages resolved. We would appreciate confirmation of this email and an update / updates on sorting these outages and how they are going to be resolved and the timeframe please.
As Brooklyn is a hilly area with substantial native bush and trees on many streets, when the street lights go out, parts of the streets resemble the bottom of a coal mine (very dark) so there are safety issues simply walking on the streets as well as - for some citizens - concerns over their personal safety.
Your comments will be appreciated
Yours sincerely,
Carl Savage
Secretary
027 2808934
for and on behalf of
*Greater Brooklyn Residents Association* *Incorporated (GBRAI)*
P: Brooklyn Community Centre, 18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, 6021
E: brooklynresidentswellington@gmail.com
F: *www.facebook.com/brooklynresidentswellington
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CustomerService
30 Jan 2025
Hi Carl,
Thank you for your patience while we investigated this.
Wellington Electricity owns and operates the electricity network that supplies power to streetlights, which are owned and operated by local Councils. Streetlights in the Brooklyn area are the responsibility of Wellington City Council (WCC), and any faults need to be raised with them. They can then check whether the fault is with the streetlight itself, or with the network power supply to the light. If a network fault is confirmed, Council will ask Wellington Electricity to attend.
In this instance, we can confirm our contractors have been investigating faults which have occurred recently in several streets in Brooklyn with faulty streetlights. They’ve identified two primary causes for these faults.
Firstly, there are trees and branches in the area which have been impacting the power supply lines. They’re on council land so WCC will need to arrange for them to be trimmed.
Secondly, there are a number of overhead power supply lines which need to be replaced. The trees and branches will need to be trimmed back before we can replace those lines.
We understand the importance of working streetlights for your community and take your safety concerns very seriously. Although we’re unable to provide an exact timeframe, our team is working with WCC on a plan to resolve the issue as quickly and as safely as possible. In the meantime, we’ve made some temporary changes to increase the number of lights which remain working in the area.
We appreciate your patience as we work with WCC to restore your streetlights and apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Kind regards,
Customer Experience Specialist
Wellington Electricity
W www.welectricity.co.nz...
85 The Esplanade, Petone, PO Box 31049, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand
GBRAI January 2025 newsletter
Hello and all the best for 2025!
We can only hope it will be better than 2024. Please find attached our January 2025 newsletter (#21) from Greater Brooklyn Residents Association Inc.
We hope to see you at the coming February meeting for the Association.
… View moreGBRAI January 2025 newsletter
Hello and all the best for 2025!
We can only hope it will be better than 2024. Please find attached our January 2025 newsletter (#21) from Greater Brooklyn Residents Association Inc.
We hope to see you at the coming February meeting for the Association.
Yours sincerely,
Carl Savage
for and on behalf of
*Greater Brooklyn Residents Association* *Incorporated (GBRAI)*
P: Brooklyn Community Centre, 18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, 6021
E: brooklynresidentswellington@gmail.com
F: *www.facebook.com/brooklynresidentswellington
<www.facebook.com...
Miramar's sewage precinct construction work progresses. This is especially of note to Brooklynites as the councils Southern Landfill currently hosts (to be moved by 2026) the sewage systems sewage sludge dewatering plant (SDWP). Essentially the processed sludge is buried at the council … View moreMiramar's sewage precinct construction work progresses. This is especially of note to Brooklynites as the councils Southern Landfill currently hosts (to be moved by 2026) the sewage systems sewage sludge dewatering plant (SDWP). Essentially the processed sludge is buried at the council landfill. Hence the stench we (and other southern suburbs) are subjected to.
The sooner the new facility in Moa Point is completed, the sooner the Southern Landfill can "mothball"/close the current SDWP, and the fresher our air will be...
wellington.govt.nz...
Forwarding on from WCC Waste Minimisation Team as a courtesy:
Kia ora All,
Happy New Year and hope everyone has had a good break! You may have heard of Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW), an organisation which encourages and educates kiwi's on how to reduce food waste and save money.
LFHW … View moreForwarding on from WCC Waste Minimisation Team as a courtesy:
Kia ora All,
Happy New Year and hope everyone has had a good break! You may have heard of Love Food Hate Waste (LFHW), an organisation which encourages and educates kiwi's on how to reduce food waste and save money.
LFHW is running a campaign promoting meal planning to combat food waste. The campaign will run through the month of March and WCC will be promoting it via various avenues, including hopefully your library or community centre 😊.
We have access to free display kits which are ideal for community centres, libraries etc. Each kit contains meal planning steps, posters, an information sheet with the campaign background and ideas for display and details on how to submit photos to win a LFHW prize pack.
More information on the campaign can be found here: TAO Toolkit -The Food Critics - Do Better Meal Planning (1).pdf
Poster examples are also attached to this email.
If you were interested in receiving a kit, please let us know by Friday 17th January. The kits will then be distributed to the centres between 10-17th February.
Ngā mihi,
The Waste Minimisation team.
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