Tirohanga, Lower Hutt

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968 days ago

Friday Feathered Friend

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from 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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940 days ago

Friday Feathered Friend

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from 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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939 days ago

Lower Hutt pilot for Local History School kits.

Sandra from Normandale

Post Office Workshops at Taita Lower Hutt.

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939 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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939 days ago

Eggs & bunny ears

The Team from Resene ColorShop Lower Hutt

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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939 days ago

Happy Easter

NumberWorks'nWords Lower Hutt

Happy, hoppy Easter to the whole family from the NumberWorks'nWords team.

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940 days ago

Hutt Homed- Out Now!

Jessica Zimmerman Reporter from Hutt Homed

Our House of the Week this week is a three bedroom home in Eastbourne that is only a (very) short walk to the beach. For sale through Debbie Turner from Harcourts.

Looking for an agent to market your home?
Check Hutt Homed to find agents who are actively marketing in your area and chat to them … View more
Our House of the Week this week is a three bedroom home in Eastbourne that is only a (very) short walk to the beach. For sale through Debbie Turner from Harcourts.

Looking for an agent to market your home?
Check Hutt Homed to find agents who are actively marketing in your area and chat to them about getting your property featured in Hutt Homed.

Distribution & Delivery:
Hutt Homed gets inserted into The Hutt News every Thursday, and is delivered to 42,423 homes in the Hutt area.

For more information:
Please ask your agent to contact Cameron Beattie on 021 973 105 or cameron.beattie@stuff.co.nz OR Niko Perez on 021 501 913 or niko.perez@stuff.co.nz

Not receiving your weekly delivery?
Please phone 0800 339000 or e mail distribution@stuff.co.nz

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942 days ago

Car..

Rowena from Boulcott

Looking for a reliable tidy legal car,just to get around, winter coming and all..

940 days ago

Lower Hutt pilot for Local History School kits.

Sandra from Normandale

Riddiford Baths Lower Hutt.
Sherring elastic togs.

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940 days ago

Orange Light Setting

NumberWorks'nWords Lower Hutt

Following this week's government announcement, all of New Zealand has moved to the Orange setting of the traffic light system. We are pleased to be able to continue offering our reputable and high quality English and maths tuition to all of our students in -centre!

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941 days ago

Ngā Ekenga Making Progress

Hutt City Council

We’re making progress on getting the basics right. From the Naenae Pool rebuild to Tupua Horo Nuku, there’s lots going on around Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai in the year ahead. This week we launched engagement on our draft Annual Plan 2022-23, and we want to hear what you think!

For more … View more
We’re making progress on getting the basics right. From the Naenae Pool rebuild to Tupua Horo Nuku, there’s lots going on around Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai in the year ahead. This week we launched engagement on our draft Annual Plan 2022-23, and we want to hear what you think!

For more information and to share your thoughts on our projects and priorities, head to hutt.city/making-progress before 3 May.
Find out more

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941 days ago

Scrabble Day

NumberWorks'nWords Lower Hutt

Each year on National Scrabble Day, April 13th recognises a game played around the world. Originally named Lexiko and then Criss-Cross Words, Alfred Mosher Butts eventually settled on the name Scrabble. The amateur artist and unemployed architect developed the word game in the midst of the … View moreEach year on National Scrabble Day, April 13th recognises a game played around the world. Originally named Lexiko and then Criss-Cross Words, Alfred Mosher Butts eventually settled on the name Scrabble. The amateur artist and unemployed architect developed the word game in the midst of the depression. Still, it wasn’t until 1948, a final name change and a trademark that Butts finally began to produce the game.

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942 days ago

Lower Hutt pilot for Local History School kits.

Sandra from Normandale

From the Western Hills toward Petone.
Long walk up that hill.

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942 days ago

SINGLE BED WITH RIMU HEADBOARD + FREE ELECTRIC BLANKET

Shobha from Belmont

Single bed in good condition from clean pet free home. Bed never soiled. Rimu headboard in top condition. Will throw in a free electric blanket.

Price: $200

942 days ago

Do Thermal Curtains Really Work?

Robert Anderson from Curtain Clean (The Curtain Store)

Curtains, particularly thermal lined ones, can reduce heat loss by as much as 60%, depending on the type of windows your home is fitted with. The key to ensuring you get the most out of your curtains is in understanding exactly how heat is lost, and how the use of thermal lined curtains can prevent… View moreCurtains, particularly thermal lined ones, can reduce heat loss by as much as 60%, depending on the type of windows your home is fitted with. The key to ensuring you get the most out of your curtains is in understanding exactly how heat is lost, and how the use of thermal lined curtains can prevent this.

Understanding the physics: You know the old saying that hot air rises? Well, during cold weather that is exactly what happens, and something called the reverse chimney effect comes into play.

It is widely accepted that cold air is denser, and therefore heavier, than warm air. When it’s cold outside the air close to the window is cooled and sinks down (due to its density increasing with the temperature change). When the cooled air sinks it’s replaced by warmer air from other parts of the room.

As you can imagine, this then creates a circulating current, taking all of your warm air and replacing it with cool air. And just like that, you have lost most of your heat, not just near the window, but in the entire room.

If your curtains are not fitted correctly they form a channel between the window and the curtain, creating a space for the cooled air to sit and increasing the effect of the reverse chimney. The most important aspect to note is that it is the power of each factor combined, which decreases heat loss. No single factor works in isolation.

Keep reading: www.curtainclean.co.nz...

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