Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt

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950 days ago

Pretty in pastel

The Team from Resene ColorShop Naenae

Painted glass bottles make a stylish display on their own or with the addition of dried foliage. The paint is on the inside so they still have that lovely glass sheen. Use Resene testpots to co-ordinate with your home's colour palette.

Find out how to create your own.

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950 days ago

Recreation Award for Play in the Hutt

Hutt City Coucil

Play in the Hutt has won the Outstanding Project award at the Recreation Aotearoa - Te Whai Oranga Awards!

A huge congratulations to our Active in the Hutt and Healthy Families Hutt Valley teams for their mahi on this movement.

A special thanks to residents who have helped things like Play … View more
Play in the Hutt has won the Outstanding Project award at the Recreation Aotearoa - Te Whai Oranga Awards!

A huge congratulations to our Active in the Hutt and Healthy Families Hutt Valley teams for their mahi on this movement.

A special thanks to residents who have helped things like Play Streets become a core part of the movement, as well as schools who use programmes like Build & Play and Pukutākaro to grow physical activity through play.

Thanks also to the community groups who are increasing access to play by giving their time and space, and sponsors who make these projects sustainable
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952 days ago

Feijoas please

Louise from Naenae

Hi all

Does anyone please have feijoas for free?

Thank you so much.

951 days ago

Do you have a great persimmon recipe?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

Every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of tested reader recipes using a seasonal crop. We are now on the hunt for persimmon recipes, so send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz before April 29, 2022.

Every published recipe wins a copy of our special edition Homegrown … View more
Dear neighbours,

Every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of tested reader recipes using a seasonal crop. We are now on the hunt for persimmon recipes, so send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz before April 29, 2022.

Every published recipe wins a copy of our special edition Homegrown Recipes.

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951 days ago

Anzac Day services in Lower Hutt

Hutt City Council

Hutt Central
5.45am - Parade assembles at the Cenotaph outside the War Memorial Library
6am - Dawn service begins on the Anzac Memorial Lawn, Queens Drive

Taita
10.45am - Parade outside Naenae Hotel
11am - Service held at Naenae Bowling Club
12pm - Luncheon
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Hutt Central
5.45am - Parade assembles at the Cenotaph outside the War Memorial Library
6am - Dawn service begins on the Anzac Memorial Lawn, Queens Drive

Taita
10.45am - Parade outside Naenae Hotel
11am - Service held at Naenae Bowling Club
12pm - Luncheon

Wainuiomata
6am - Flag raising at the Cenotaph, Queen Street
6.15am - Flag raising at the Memorial Gardens
10.55am - Parade assembles at the BP service station
11am - Wainuiomata Community Memorial Service at the Cenotaph

Stokes Valley
11am - Service at Stokes Valley RSA, Hawthorn Cresent

Due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, commemoration services for Anzac Day will look a little different this year. There will be a scaled-back dawn service to remember the conflicts of our past and present, and to honour those who served.

Public are welcome to attend, but please remember to follow COVID-19 guidance, and do not attend if you are feeling unwell.

There is also a pop-up poppy field on Andrews Avenue from 18-26 April, where the public are welcome to lay poppies and pay their respects.

There will be no civic service in 2022.
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952 days ago

NCEA Maths Tutor Available

Liz from Silverstream

Experienced maths teacher available for tutoring levels 1, 2 and 3 as well as scholarship calculus. Contact Mark Winfield on 0221595599

954 days ago

Kid’s buggy $30

Mariki from Kelson

Folding kid’s buggy/pushchair.

Grandchildren have grown up and it is no longer needed.

Easy to handle, space-saving.

Stain on front and a small rust spot, but otherwise in very good condition.

To be picked up, please!

Negotiable

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954 days ago

Free stuff

Alison from Boulcott

Lots of bits and pieces. Help yourself today only. River end of Mills St

Free

954 days ago

Wellington Anzac Day Commemorations 2022

Ministry of Culture & Heritage

Anzac Day commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and honours our returned service personnel.

National commemorations to mark Anzac Day will take place on Monday 25 April in Wellington.

If attending:

- Please follow all relevant COVID-19 guidelines.
- Face masks are … View more
Anzac Day commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and honours our returned service personnel.

National commemorations to mark Anzac Day will take place on Monday 25 April in Wellington.

If attending:

- Please follow all relevant COVID-19 guidelines.
- Face masks are recommended.
- If unwell, please stay home.

Both the Dawn Service and National Commemoration Service will be broadcast live by TVNZ1 and RNZ National.
Find out more

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955 days ago

Meal planning with Stuff’s Dinner Sorted

Stuff

Putting a tasty and nutritious meal in front of our families each night is important for many of us, but with work, school, and activities in the way, it can also become a stressful chore.

Dinner Sorted delivers a week's worth of delicious, satisfying recipes that should please the whole … View more
Putting a tasty and nutritious meal in front of our families each night is important for many of us, but with work, school, and activities in the way, it can also become a stressful chore.

Dinner Sorted delivers a week's worth of delicious, satisfying recipes that should please the whole family, sent to your inbox on Saturday mornings. As a bonus you'll also get our Weekend Baking collection, perfect for filling the baking tins, lunchboxes, or just that 4pm gap.

Sign up here it's free!
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985 days ago

Friday Feathered Friend

Reporter Community News

A lovely picture of a tarāpuka by Louise Thomas.
"Our beautiful endemic and endangered black-billed gull/tarāpuka (Chroicocephalus bulleri). Sometimes I've found them a little confusing to identify as in non-breeding plumage, black-billed gulls can have a two-coloured brownish and black… View more
A lovely picture of a tarāpuka by Louise Thomas.
"Our beautiful endemic and endangered black-billed gull/tarāpuka (Chroicocephalus bulleri). Sometimes I've found them a little confusing to identify as in non-breeding plumage, black-billed gulls can have a two-coloured brownish and black bill and red legs, but they always have a longer, finer bill than a red-billed gull - that said there is also a little variation in the bill sizes. The two species sometimes hang out together as well to make it more confusing. Bird #57 in 2022."

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957 days ago

Friday Feathered Friend

Reporter Community News

This week a picture from Rosa Marie.
"Here are a few 'birdie' shots while I was on the 10 minute boat ride at Zealandia on Friday! I had never been on the boat, so it was such a joy to see the shags from another angle."

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956 days ago

*Need Garden waste removal help* 🌿

Steph from Stokes Valley

Kia ora neighbors

Can anyone recommend a garden waste removal service that you have used in our area?

Work=
Help to remove large piles of greenwaste from property. (See pictures)
Piles consists of mostly bamboo and some cut branches

Option to remove waste piles and take away to tip by on means.… View more
Kia ora neighbors

Can anyone recommend a garden waste removal service that you have used in our area?

Work=
Help to remove large piles of greenwaste from property. (See pictures)
Piles consists of mostly bamboo and some cut branches

Option to remove waste piles and take away to tip by on means. Or move waste piles to a skip bin on roadside (we hire bin)

Interests or recommendations please message me 👌

956 days ago

Enjoy a Ryman village now

Making the move to a Ryman retirement village while you’re independent allows you to enjoy everything that’s on offer.

With assisted living, resthome, hospital and dementia care also onsite, if your partner needs care before you, knowing the village care centre is only a short stroll away … View more
Making the move to a Ryman retirement village while you’re independent allows you to enjoy everything that’s on offer.

With assisted living, resthome, hospital and dementia care also onsite, if your partner needs care before you, knowing the village care centre is only a short stroll away will help ease this transition.

Care options vary between villages.
Learn more

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957 days ago

Eggs & bunny ears

The Team from Resene ColorShop Naenae

Choose pretty patterned paper to make découpage eggs, then wrap them in bunny ear napkins to create a gorgeous table setting. Get creative with your Resene paint colours.
Find out how to create your own.

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