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As always trick or treaters are more than welcome at our place on Kerkwall Drive in Naenae. This year we've added a few extra bits to our Halloween decorations including some holograms in the windows and our spiders have gone crazy on the front of our house. If you can, come a little later … View moreAs always trick or treaters are more than welcome at our place on Kerkwall Drive in Naenae. This year we've added a few extra bits to our Halloween decorations including some holograms in the windows and our spiders have gone crazy on the front of our house. If you can, come a little later when it's dark to get the full effect. youtu.be...
To celebrate the refreshed Stuff Travel website, enabling you to dream, plan and now book your next escape all in one place, we're giving away a $100 voucher.
To go into the draw to win simply vote below on which of the following destinations you're most likely to use your voucher on. … View moreTo celebrate the refreshed Stuff Travel website, enabling you to dream, plan and now book your next escape all in one place, we're giving away a $100 voucher.
To go into the draw to win simply vote below on which of the following destinations you're most likely to use your voucher on. Visit travel-booking.stuff.co.nz for inspiration and to view all the other destinations.
Researching early Lower Hutt 1800-1850.
Ship 'Tory' bringing the NZ Company from UK to Petone/Britannia in 1839.
2 Old Whalers/sailors one the employer Captain John JACKY Guard guided Tory, the other his employee Captain James Worser Heberley held the wheel of the Tory through the … View moreResearching early Lower Hutt 1800-1850.
Ship 'Tory' bringing the NZ Company from UK to Petone/Britannia in 1839.
2 Old Whalers/sailors one the employer Captain John JACKY Guard guided Tory, the other his employee Captain James Worser Heberley held the wheel of the Tory through the Wellington Heads from Picton area.
Guard and Heberley have family 2020 in the Hutt.
If you are participating in the Halloween Celebrations, please put some Halloween decoration on your letterbox or by your door step, to let kids now when they go trick or treating , so they don't bother you unnecessarily.
Learn some new things about your city at our heritage webinar tonight at 6 pm.
Go to the link below for more information.
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Researching OLD Lower Hutt 1800-1850.
Found a few old whalers, pre 1839 when NZ Company landed off the ship Tory near Petone beach.
Joe Robinson is the first whiteman found by Wakefield when walking east on Petone Beach near mouth Hutt and Waiwhetu RIVERS.
Anyone know more about these people … View moreResearching OLD Lower Hutt 1800-1850.
Found a few old whalers, pre 1839 when NZ Company landed off the ship Tory near Petone beach.
Joe Robinson is the first whiteman found by Wakefield when walking east on Petone Beach near mouth Hutt and Waiwhetu RIVERS.
Anyone know more about these people please.
Picture is Old St James Parsonage situated nearer VIC corner.
Steady as You Go classes improve:
Balance and leg strength
Flexibility
General fitness and wellbeing
And are a great way to meet new people.
Classes consist of a combination of sitting, standing and walking exercises, and take around an hour. They are ideal for complete beginners, are ongoing and… View moreSteady as You Go classes improve:
Balance and leg strength
Flexibility
General fitness and wellbeing
And are a great way to meet new people.
Classes consist of a combination of sitting, standing and walking exercises, and take around an hour. They are ideal for complete beginners, are ongoing and you can find out how you’ve improved over your first 10 weeks.
KHANDALLAH Tuesdays at 11am
St Barnabas Church, 35 Box Hill, Khandallah
LOWER HUTT Wednesdays at 11am
Knox Church, 574 High St, Boulcott, Lower Hutt
For more locations, visit www.acwellington.org.nz...
Hi neighbours.The Pataka Aroha is operated exactly as its called
Love Pantry.Everything in the Pataka is FREE because of the Neighbours n beyond our Community who keep giving to help others.I have 2 wonderful lady Volunteers who can pikup or deliver from the Pataka.One is from Upper Hutt which … View moreHi neighbours.The Pataka Aroha is operated exactly as its called
Love Pantry.Everything in the Pataka is FREE because of the Neighbours n beyond our Community who keep giving to help others.I have 2 wonderful lady Volunteers who can pikup or deliver from the Pataka.One is from Upper Hutt which is along way to come.I am not funded thru any one n would be lost without them.Im asking on their behalf,if you should need their service could u donate $3 towards their petrol or what u can,their job being harder than mine.Please when visiting Pataka Aroha could you please drop all Donations into the not working Freezer by my front door.an Sign the Book in the Pataka ( security). reasons only.Hava wonderful Day Neighbours nga mihi katoa.
Come to our heritage webinar tomorrow at 6pm.
More information via the link below.
The Hutt on the Heretaunga river pre 1850.
Bush clad, flooding, stockades, potato growing, Shipping yard on the Waiwhetu, Taita was a village standing alone, County Roads and River Boards, Wainuiomata was isolated, Pencarrow lighthouse was later, Okiwi Bay had an accommodation Inn and then the … View moreThe Hutt on the Heretaunga river pre 1850.
Bush clad, flooding, stockades, potato growing, Shipping yard on the Waiwhetu, Taita was a village standing alone, County Roads and River Boards, Wainuiomata was isolated, Pencarrow lighthouse was later, Okiwi Bay had an accommodation Inn and then the settlers arrived 1840 onwards.
Researching early Lower Hutt for School kits especially private family stories.
Pre the first New Zealand Company ship Tory 1839 landing near Petone beach, Lower Hutt or THE Hutt as it was called, on the Heretaunga River was the beach and then dense bush.
Very few white people lived in the area, many were old Whalers.
Waiwhetu Pa was by the mouth of the Hutt and Waiwhetu … View morePre the first New Zealand Company ship Tory 1839 landing near Petone beach, Lower Hutt or THE Hutt as it was called, on the Heretaunga River was the beach and then dense bush.
Very few white people lived in the area, many were old Whalers.
Waiwhetu Pa was by the mouth of the Hutt and Waiwhetu Rivers and boats were able to navigate up them both.
A flock mill was on Waiwhetu stream about Fairfield area.
Does anyone know about this and the Porutu family?
Join us for this free event where there will be a light lunch, a cuppa and some friendly chats at the monthly hub.
Herobility Eco Feeding Spoon and Eco Baby Spoon & Fork have been recalled as they pose a choking hazard for babies. It has been found that these can break into small pieces.
The product has been sold at Mummum, Global Baby, Hatch Boutique, J Ballantynes, Mighty Ape, Smith and Caugheys and … View moreHerobility Eco Feeding Spoon and Eco Baby Spoon & Fork have been recalled as they pose a choking hazard for babies. It has been found that these can break into small pieces.
The product has been sold at Mummum, Global Baby, Hatch Boutique, J Ballantynes, Mighty Ape, Smith and Caugheys and The Nile from October 2019 to October 2020
If you have one of these forks/spoons and the date stamp is marked 2019 or earlier (or no date stamp is shown), the company advises to stop using the product and contact Bloom and Grow NZ to organise for a gift voucher to the same value.
Gordon Llewellyn is a name you have probably never heard off but he played a pivotal role in the birth of the Special Olympics movement in New Zealand.
In 1983, he and three other Hutt athletes – Colin Bailey, Peter Spijkerman and Brent Busby – made history when they attended the Summer Special… View moreGordon Llewellyn is a name you have probably never heard off but he played a pivotal role in the birth of the Special Olympics movement in New Zealand.
In 1983, he and three other Hutt athletes – Colin Bailey, Peter Spijkerman and Brent Busby – made history when they attended the Summer Special Olympics in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The trip was organised by Grant Quinn, who later said Gordon Llewellyn proved the perfect poster boy for the Special Olympics movement in New Zealand.
Llewellyn was a larger than life character with a bold personality and a fascination with the TV character Magnum PI.
Years later Quinn recalled the flight over and an announcement that came over the intercom.
"This is your captain speaking … I have a very special passenger with me in the cockpit. His name is Gordon Llewellyn from New Zealand."
Llewellyn quickly took over the microphone and proceeded to entertain the whole plane.
"Next minute Gordon was asking, or should I say demanding, that everybody on board give the team a rousing three cheers to wish the team a successful time in Baton Rouge," recalled Quinn.
The team performed well at the Olympics and athletes returned home heroes, proudly wearing their medals for weeks to make sure nobody missed their success.
Llewellyn died in August 2014 and Quinn gave the eulogy. He told mourners that Llewellyn and the other three Hutt swimmers had changed the public's perception of the intellectually disabled.
They had helped win mainstream acceptance and played a key role in promoting an organisation that now had more than 7000 active members.
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