Celebrate Local History Month with Hutt City Libraries
Join Hutt City Libraries to celebrate Local History Month during September 2017. All talks and workshops are FREE.
Findmypast Workshop
War Memorial Library - Tuesday 12 September, 4pm-5:30pm
Get started researching your family history and learn how to navigate Findmypast with our Family History Specialist, Tricia Meehan. Findmypast is particularly good for researching English parish records and Irish records and if you have convict ancestors you may even find their photos!
Spaces are limited. Email LibrariesEvents@huttcity.govt.nz to register.
Different Ethics: dodgy dealings and curious values of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Petone Library - Saturday 16 September, 11.30am
Join us for a talk on Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the New Zealand Company settlements in Petone and Wellington. Widely published historian Matthew Wright explores the dodgy dealings and curious values of Wakefield and his business associates as they tried to set up a private-enterprise colony in New Zealand.
British Newspaper Archive Workshop
Wainuiomata Library - Tuesday 26 September, 2pm-3:30pm
Want to search for historical facts or family history in newspapers? Learn how the British Newspaper Archive can help your research with our Family History Specialist, Tricia Meehan.
Spaces are limited. Email LibrariesEvents@huttcity.govt.nz to register.
Market Gardening in Lower Hutt
Naenae Library - Wednesday 27 September, 1pm-2pm
Lower Hutt was once a major source of fruit and vegetables for the Wellington Region. Many of the gardens were in Naenae and Taita but in the 1940s the gardens were taken for state housing. Join our Local History Specialist Clark Stiles for a talk looking at how these changes affected the area.
From Battlefield to Recuperation: a soldier’s story
War Memorial Library - Friday 29 September, 10am-12pm
Join SeniorNet for a talk by Trevor Rowntree on a soldier’s passage through the military medical system during WWI.
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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