Happy holidays from Porirua City!
Please note our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period for 2020–21.
Administration Building
Monday 21 – Wednesday 23 December 8am to 5pm
Thursday 24 December 8am to 2pm
Friday 25 – Monday 4 January CLOSED
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Pātaka Museum of Arts and Cultures
Monday 21 – Wednesday 23 December 10am to 5pm
Thursday 24 December 10am to 2pm
Friday 25 – Monday 28 December CLOSED
Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 December 10am to 5pm
Friday 1 January to Monday 4 January CLOSED
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Main Library
Monday 21 – Wednesday 23 December 9.30am to 5.30pm
Thursday 24 December 9.30am to 2pm
Friday 25 – Monday 28 December CLOSED
Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 December 9.30am to 5.30pm
Friday 1 January to Monday 4 January CLOSED
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Pukerua Bay Library
Thursday 24 December – Wednesday 6 January CLOSED
Thursday 7 January Normal hours resume
Cannons Creek Library
Thursday 24 December 9am to 12pm & 1pm to 2pm
Friday 25 December – Monday 4 January CLOSED
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Titahi Bay Library
Thursday 24 December – Monday 4 January CLOSED
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Whitby Library
Thursday 24 December 10.30am to 12pm
Friday 25 – Monday 28 December CLOSED
Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 December 1pm to 4pm
Friday 1 – Monday 4 January CLOSED
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Refuse/recycling collection
Monday 21 – Thursday 24 December Normal Collection
Friday 25 December COLLECTION DAY SATURDAY 26 DECEMBER
Monday 28 December – Fri 1 January Normal collection
Monday 4 – Friday 8 January Normal collection
Spicer Landfill
Monday 21 – Thursday 24 December 7am to 5pm
Friday 25 December CLOSED
Saturday 26 – Monday 28 December 9am to 5pm
Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 December 7am to 5pm
Friday 1 January 9am to 5pm
Saturday 2 January 7am to 5pm
Sunday 3 & Monday 4 January 9am to 5pm
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Bulk recycling station at Spicer Landfill
Monday 21 – Thursday 24 December 7am to 5pm
Friday 25 – Saturday 26 December CLOSED
Sunday 27 December 9am to 5pm
Monday 28 December CLOSED
Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 December 7am to 5pm
Friday 1 & Saturday 2 January CLOSED
Sunday 3 January 9am to 5pm
Monday 4 January CLOSED
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Depot
Monday 21 – Wednesday 23 December 7.30am to 4pm
Thursday 24 December 7.30am to 2pm
Friday 25 December – Monday 4 January CLOSED. EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY PH 04 237 5089
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Animal Control Centre office
Monday 21 – Thursday 24 December 11am to 2pm
Friday 25 – Monday 28 December CLOSED
Tuesday 29 – Thursday 31 December 11am to 2pm
Friday 1 January – Monday 4 January CLOSED
Tuesday 5 January Normal hours resume
Te Rauparaha Arena
Thursday 24 – Saturday 26 December CLOSED
Sunday 27 – Wednesday 30 December 9am to 4pm
Thursday 31 – Saturday 2 January CLOSED
Sunday 3 – Sunday 10 January 9am to 4pm
Monday 11 January Normal hours resume
Arena Aquatic Centre
Thursday 24 December 8am to 5pm
Friday 25 December CLOSED
Saturday 26 – Thursday 31 December 8am to 5pm
Friday 1 January CLOSED
Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 January 8am to 5pm
Monday 4 January Normal hours resume
Arena Fitness Centre
Thursday 24 December 8am to 5pm
Friday 25 December CLOSED
Saturday 26 – Thursday 31 December 8am to 5pm
Friday 1 January CLOSED
Saturday 2 – Sunday 11 January 8am to 5pm
Monday 12 January Normal hours resume
Cannons Creek Pool
Thursday 24 December 10am to 4pm
Friday 25 & Saturday 26 December CLOSED
Sunday 27 – Thursday 31 December 10am to 4pm
Friday 1 & Saturday 2 January CLOSED
Sunday 3 January 10am to 4pm
Monday 4 January Normal hours resume
What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.
Moe mai rā, Nicholas.
We're sad to announce the passing of Nicholas Boyack, our Hutt Valley reporter who has long written for The Dominion Post, The Hutt News and Upper Hutt Leader.
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