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Feedback is now open on the Draft Management Plan for Mākara, Karori and Tawa cemeteries.
Your feedback will help us to finalise the plan and ensure we can meet the short and long-term needs of our growing city.
To have your say on this important issue, visit: www.letstalk.wellington.govt.nz... … View moreFeedback is now open on the Draft Management Plan for Mākara, Karori and Tawa cemeteries.
Your feedback will help us to finalise the plan and ensure we can meet the short and long-term needs of our growing city.
To have your say on this important issue, visit: www.letstalk.wellington.govt.nz... Submissions close 5pm Friday 11 December 2020.
Greater Wellington Regional Council staff are moving into the iconic Farmers building on Cuba St.
We’re hosting a community open day to show invited friends, neighbours, and whānau around our new home.
This is an opportunity to be taken around this beautifully renovated building by Greater … View moreGreater Wellington Regional Council staff are moving into the iconic Farmers building on Cuba St.
We’re hosting a community open day to show invited friends, neighbours, and whānau around our new home.
This is an opportunity to be taken around this beautifully renovated building by Greater Wellington councillors and staff.
9-11am on Sunday 15 November at 100 Cuba Street
Please RSVP by Thursday 12 November by emailing TatouRohe@gw.govt.nz with your name to secure your spot.
Kia ora mai, looking forward to meeting you!
Fun-n-gala time! Are you keen to plant natives?
Visit our stall at the Pauatahanui School Lamb & Calf Day on Saturday 7 November and we will swap your weed with a lovely native plant. We will have specimens of pest animals that are threatening our native species and will provide trapping … View moreFun-n-gala time! Are you keen to plant natives?
Visit our stall at the Pauatahanui School Lamb & Calf Day on Saturday 7 November and we will swap your weed with a lovely native plant. We will have specimens of pest animals that are threatening our native species and will provide trapping demonstrations. Loads of fun for the kids! We will have a catchment model at our stall to play with to learn about sediment, streams, gullies and wetlands.
Find out how you can improve the health of our waterways in the Pauatahanui area and inlet. Your efforts can boost biodiversity and reduce sediment levels in our streams through erosion control and planting. Staff will be available to offer advice and help find out if your property could get funding assistance. See you there.
The Kāpiti Arts Trail is coming up!
Celebrating its twentieth year there are over 100 talented artists to see over two weekends, 7/8 & 14/15 November. Pick up the Kāpiti Arts Guide 2020/21 at Kāpiti Coast District libraries and local businesses, or visit the Kāpiti Arts Trail webpage to… View moreThe Kāpiti Arts Trail is coming up!
Celebrating its twentieth year there are over 100 talented artists to see over two weekends, 7/8 & 14/15 November. Pick up the Kāpiti Arts Guide 2020/21 at Kāpiti Coast District libraries and local businesses, or visit the Kāpiti Arts Trail webpage to check out the art and plan your Trail.
Support vibrant local art with your whānau and friends. Entry to all studios, hubs, galleries and exhibitions is free.
Just in time for Christmas
If you've purchased from us, all you need to do is take a picture of it! It could be a whole room setting, a chair, an accessory - anything you have bought from a Paula's store.
But if you want to WIN a $500 GIFT VOUCHER, make it a really beautiful display of … View moreJust in time for Christmas
If you've purchased from us, all you need to do is take a picture of it! It could be a whole room setting, a chair, an accessory - anything you have bought from a Paula's store.
But if you want to WIN a $500 GIFT VOUCHER, make it a really beautiful display of your Paula’s purchase – be as innovative as you like, but the more thought and arrangement gone into your room setting the better.
Time to show off your Paula’s purchase and make us all proud.
❤️ LIKE our Facebook Page, (if you haven't already).
❤️ COMMENT on what you purchased from us
❤️ ATTACH your photo to your comment.
❤️ SHARE your picture with all your friends* or
❤️ TAG a friend and get them to LIKE your entry
* Share with your friends as the more likes you get the better the chance of winning as our judges will take this into consideration when judging the competition.
Even if you don’t enter, check out our Facebook page daily and LIKE the picture you like the best.
Swallows at sunset at the South edge of Lake Horowhenua. It looks very much better when enlarged.
This should not be too hard this week.
Where is this and why are they are marching?
Got a side hustle going on? If you’re a babysitter, gardener, tutor or any casual service provider, it’s easy to reach local customers in your neighbourhood. All you have to do is set up a Neighbourly business profile!
Having this feature puts you a cut above the rest, with your business … View moreGot a side hustle going on? If you’re a babysitter, gardener, tutor or any casual service provider, it’s easy to reach local customers in your neighbourhood. All you have to do is set up a Neighbourly business profile!
Having this feature puts you a cut above the rest, with your business easy to find for Neighbours in our Business Directory. To get yourself business ready, follow these steps below:
- Head to our business directory by clicking ‘Businesses’ button at the top of your noticeboard.
- Click ‘Become Premium Business' (you can find this at the categories section).
- Have a browse! You can read all of our info and make a decision on whether your service will be more suited to a Premium Business Profile or a free profile.
- Follow all the steps in the sign-up process and you’re good to go.
Climate activism starts at home, but it doesn’t have to stay there.
On the Kāpiti Coast, there’s a little group making lots of noise.
The Kāpiti Coast Climate Action Group, are a band of suitably concerned climate activists raising awareness of the issues the coast will inevitably face as the… View moreClimate activism starts at home, but it doesn’t have to stay there.
On the Kāpiti Coast, there’s a little group making lots of noise.
The Kāpiti Coast Climate Action Group, are a band of suitably concerned climate activists raising awareness of the issues the coast will inevitably face as the earth warms.
In October, Sophie Handford and Rachel Barwell joined the Climate Leadership Transformation Summit in Zambia via Zoom, where the impacts of climate change are already significant.
The group was established in May 2019 by their mutual friend, former Kāpiti mayor Jenny Rowan, who rallied friends, asking: What can we do locally that can make a difference?
Hi Neighbourly folk it is not Feathered Friend Friday but when I saw this post from Louise Thomas, I thought it was too good not to use.
Here is what she had to say about her godwit/kuaka pictures.
"Sometimes the most extraordinary birds come in the plainest of packaging, and so it is for the… View moreHi Neighbourly folk it is not Feathered Friend Friday but when I saw this post from Louise Thomas, I thought it was too good not to use.
Here is what she had to say about her godwit/kuaka pictures.
"Sometimes the most extraordinary birds come in the plainest of packaging, and so it is for the bar-tailed godwit/kuaka (Limosa lapponica). Their plain packaging is of course a perfect camouflage - with variegated shades of brown echoing the ripples of mud and sand where they feed.
Seen here foraging on a mud flat at the Waikanae River estuary, they shove their long beaks into the muddy sand and pull up rubbery bits of Godwit-knows-what which they gulp with gusto – not surprising as they are probably absolutely famished.
These migratory birds begin arriving in New Zealand from early September, after an extraordinary often non-stop eight to nine-day 11,000-12,000 km flight from western Alaska.
We are also lucky enough to get the occasional bird on Petone Beach and around the Hutt Estuary, but I was thrilled to see eight in non-breeding plumage congregated on the mud at Waikanae."
Come along to our Information Evening at the Kāpiti Community Centre on Thursday 12 November from 6:30 - 7:30pm.
Whitby Collegiate is Wellington’s first progressive, independent, co-educational school for Years 7-13. We believe in small classes, big thinking, individual attention and … View moreCome along to our Information Evening at the Kāpiti Community Centre on Thursday 12 November from 6:30 - 7:30pm.
Whitby Collegiate is Wellington’s first progressive, independent, co-educational school for Years 7-13. We believe in small classes, big thinking, individual attention and collective responsibility - all focused on helping children be the very best that they can be, in every aspect of their lives.
Register online or call us on 04 234 1070.
163A Manly Street, Paraparaumu Beach, 8 to 11 Saturday 7th November
huge garage sale, something for everyone, hoarders clean out
Trampers wanting to access popular huts in the northern Tararuas (including Kime Hut, pictured) are likely to face access problems for sometime.
The section of Ōtaki Gorge Road known as Blue Bluff remains unstable and is likely to remain closed for the peak summer period.
As well as a camping … View moreTrampers wanting to access popular huts in the northern Tararuas (including Kime Hut, pictured) are likely to face access problems for sometime.
The section of Ōtaki Gorge Road known as Blue Bluff remains unstable and is likely to remain closed for the peak summer period.
As well as a camping ground, it is also a major entrance point for trampers and hunters accessing the Tararua Forest Park.
The slip, 12km in from SH1, is a major one. Kāpiti Coast District Council Access and Transport Manager Glen O’Connor says expert geotechnical advice is that further slipping could occur at any time, and may be extensive.
Engineers are waiting for the slip to move before deciding what the best long term solution is.
The Department of Conservation is working to find alternative public access to the huts and walks in the forest park and is expected to have options for trampers by summers.
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