Titahi Bay, Porirua

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1527 days ago

Take part in Pots for Tots for Plunket with Resene!

Resene

Help us help Plunket support Kiwi kids and their families! Buy any Resene testpot with a colour name starting with P, O or T and Resene will donate $1 to Plunket.

The 10 most common birthdays all appear in the 13-day period from 22 September to 4 October! What better way to celebrate all these … View more
Help us help Plunket support Kiwi kids and their families! Buy any Resene testpot with a colour name starting with P, O or T and Resene will donate $1 to Plunket.

The 10 most common birthdays all appear in the 13-day period from 22 September to 4 October! What better way to celebrate all these new babies than supporting Plunket to support them.

Every qualifying testpot you buy = a $1 donation to Plunket!

Offer applies until 4 October 2020 at Resene owned ColorShops.
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1527 days ago

Porirua house prices reaching the $1m mark

Reporter Community News

Affordable housing is rapidly becoming a thing of the past in Porirua. Porirua Mayor Anita Baker says she is worried that Porirua is about to follow Auckland where $1m houses are common.

Figures released by CoreLogic show Porirua now has a million-dollar median-priced suburb in Aotea; the likes of… View more
Affordable housing is rapidly becoming a thing of the past in Porirua. Porirua Mayor Anita Baker says she is worried that Porirua is about to follow Auckland where $1m houses are common.

Figures released by CoreLogic show Porirua now has a million-dollar median-priced suburb in Aotea; the likes of Cannons Creek and Waitangirua had lower medians but showed rapid percentage increases.
The increases meant Porirua’s median house price, $785,000, was closing in on Wellington City’s $820,000.

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1527 days ago

Trust Porirua City Brass Celebrating 50 Years of Making Music

Keryn from Tawa

Trust Porirua City Brass in concert, celebrating 50 years of music, from 1970 to 2020.

Featuring items from the band's history and favourites of the current band, conducted by Clynton Payne.


Join us in the fabulous new Aotea College auditorium on Sunday 4th October at 3:00pm.


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Trust Porirua City Brass in concert, celebrating 50 years of music, from 1970 to 2020.

Featuring items from the band's history and favourites of the current band, conducted by Clynton Payne.


Join us in the fabulous new Aotea College auditorium on Sunday 4th October at 3:00pm.


Tickets available - tinyurl.com...

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1528 days ago

Have your say

Porirua City Council

Have your say on the Titahi Bay US Marines Hall.

We are seeking public input into how the hall should be memorialised, if the decision is taken to demolish it.

The Marines Hall in Titahi Bay has stood at the heart of the community for over 75 years and has a special place in the memories of … View more
Have your say on the Titahi Bay US Marines Hall.

We are seeking public input into how the hall should be memorialised, if the decision is taken to demolish it.

The Marines Hall in Titahi Bay has stood at the heart of the community for over 75 years and has a special place in the memories of local whānau.

How can you have your say? The online survey is the easiest way to have your say and can be found on the Marines Hall memorial project page on the Council’s website.

Drop-in sessions – you can share your ideas in person at one of our drop-in sessions outside the hall (if it’s raining, held in the Titahi Bay library).

There are two dates:

• Wednesday 23 September, 3-5pm
• Saturday 26 September, 1.30-3.30pm.

If a survey is not for you, share your thoughts or story with us via parksfeedback@poriruacity.govt.nz The feedback collected will be available to the community towards the end of the year and you can share your stories at the Marines Hall Memorial Project page on the Council’s website.
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1528 days ago

Is your child in the right car seat?

Porirua City Council

Please ensure every child is correctly buckled, for every car ride – it keeps them safer!

As the driver, you are legally responsible for all children under the age of 15

The type of child restraint, or safety belt, that you must use depends on the age of the child. Approved child … View more
Please ensure every child is correctly buckled, for every car ride – it keeps them safer!

As the driver, you are legally responsible for all children under the age of 15

The type of child restraint, or safety belt, that you must use depends on the age of the child. Approved child restraints include baby capsules, convertible car seats, booster seats or child safety harnesses.

Regardless of age, children shorter than 148cm are safest in a child restraint.

In the past 12 months, 30 children under the age of 15 lost their lives in car crashes on New Zealand roads.

Using an adult safety belt on a child can cause serious injuries or death

Safety belts are designed for adult bodies and only safe for children when:
• the child can sit upright against the back of the seat with their knees comfortably bent over the edge of the seat cushion
• the diagonal part of the safety belt crosses the child’s shoulder and breast bone, not the neck
• the lap part of the safety belt crosses low down on the child’s lap, touching their thighs, and is not up around their stomach

Passenger airbags in the front seat can seriously injure or kill children
Never put a baby or child in a rear-facing child restraint into the front seat of a car that has a passenger airbag.
All child restraints, including forward-facing restraints, are best installed in the rear seats.
Child restraints that push children forward from the passenger seat can result in serious injury if the air bag is activated.
You may be able to switch the passenger airbag off if you must have a child restraint in the front. Always switch it on again when the child restraint is no longer in the front seat.

Want more information and help with your child restraint?
Child Restraint Technicians: are trained to provide informed advice, a list of certified technicians is available at nzta.govt.nz/child-restraint-technicians Plunket: call 0800 933 922 or visit plunket.org.nz NZTA: call 0800 699 000, visit nzta.govt.nz or email info@nzta.govt.nz
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1528 days ago

More windy weather coming

Reporter Community News

It has been a windy few weeks and the Met Service is predicting that it is not over yet.

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1528 days ago

Marines Hall ideas wanted

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Titahi Bay residents will this week have a chance to have a say on memoralising the historic Marines Hall.

The council is looking for ideas to recognise the history of the hall, which was closed in 2012 when it was a deemed a public safety risk due to severe structural issues. In 2018 Porirua … View more
Titahi Bay residents will this week have a chance to have a say on memoralising the historic Marines Hall.

The council is looking for ideas to recognise the history of the hall, which was closed in 2012 when it was a deemed a public safety risk due to severe structural issues. In 2018 Porirua City Council unanimously voted to support demolishing the hall, built by US Marines in 1942.

Residents this week have two opportunities to meet with council staff (outside the hall) to discuss ideas to recognise its history.
* Wednesday 23 September, 3-5pm
* Saturday 26 September, 1.30-3.30pm.

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1531 days ago

Poll: Do you support a by-law banning junk mail?

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Wellington City is proposing a by-law banning unaddressed or advertising mail being put in letter boxes marked "no circulars" or '"no junk mail".
The by-law is part of a waste management plan to reduce the amount of material going in to landfills.

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Do you support a by-law banning junk mail?
  • 74.5% Yes
    74.5% Complete
  • 25.5% No
    25.5% Complete
717 votes
1529 days ago

Pioneering retirement for a trailblazing generation

There is a new generation of New Zealander, seeking a new way to live in retirement. They are living their lives with passion and purpose, striving to push further, to create better, to go beyond the ordinary.

A new generation of Kiwis are not retiring from life; they’re finding a new way to … View more
There is a new generation of New Zealander, seeking a new way to live in retirement. They are living their lives with passion and purpose, striving to push further, to create better, to go beyond the ordinary.

A new generation of Kiwis are not retiring from life; they’re finding a new way to live. One with flexibility, certainty, and the ability to dial care up and down as you need it.
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1535 days ago

It is time to count Kererū

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It’s time for the Great Kererū Count 2020. Kererū Discovery is calling on all Kiwis to get out and count kererū.

Kererū only live in Aotearoa New Zealand. Whether you love their classic white singlets, their whooping wingbeats, or their awesome air shows, kererū are as Kiwi as kiwi.

This … View more
It’s time for the Great Kererū Count 2020. Kererū Discovery is calling on all Kiwis to get out and count kererū.

Kererū only live in Aotearoa New Zealand. Whether you love their classic white singlets, their whooping wingbeats, or their awesome air shows, kererū are as Kiwi as kiwi.

This year the annual Great Kererū Count 2020 runs from 18-27 September.

As well as being real characters of the bush, kererū are also known as the gardeners of the sky –spreading precious seeds of forest giants such as tawa, miro and hinau. Tony Stoddard of Kererū Discovery, who coordinates the count, says kererū can pop anywhere

“At this time of the year kererū will be flocking to trees like willow and tree lucerne. These trees are kererū-magnets as the birds come out of their winter-feeding grounds and prepare for the breeding season by feeding on the nitrogen-rich leaves.”

“In urban areas, kōwhai are another important food source for kererū, and you will often see or hear angry tui defending their trees from hungry kererū.”

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1529 days ago
1531 days ago

Rosemary a Good Sort at 72

Reporter Community News

Rosemary’s voice has provided comfort to anxious, lonely and depressed callers on the Samaritans helpline for five decades.

She is known as Rosemary 23, the call number assigned on her return to the Samaritans in 1973. She first joined in February 1966, as soon as she left school and was old … View more
Rosemary’s voice has provided comfort to anxious, lonely and depressed callers on the Samaritans helpline for five decades.

She is known as Rosemary 23, the call number assigned on her return to the Samaritans in 1973. She first joined in February 1966, as soon as she left school and was old enough to train as a volunteer, and was originally known as Rosemary 111 – the first in the eleventh training group of 1966.

Wellington Samaritans can be reached at 0800 726 666, available 24/7.

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1534 days ago

Labour will get rid of decile school system

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If Labour is re-elected, the school decile system will be gone and a new "Equity Index" put in place. It's aim is to increase resources for the most disadvantaged students in New Zealand. What do you think? Has Chris Hipkins got it right? Will our kids be better off, or is it just a… View moreIf Labour is re-elected, the school decile system will be gone and a new "Equity Index" put in place. It's aim is to increase resources for the most disadvantaged students in New Zealand. What do you think? Has Chris Hipkins got it right? Will our kids be better off, or is it just a new name on an old system?

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1532 days ago

Leave your car at home and use your feet

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Next Tuesday is World Car Free Day and the council is encouraging Wellingtonians to leave their car at home.

Local schools will also be encouraging students to walk, cycle or scooter.
Workers will be encouraged take a bus or a train, or even walk, rather than their car. Have your ever thought … View more
Next Tuesday is World Car Free Day and the council is encouraging Wellingtonians to leave their car at home.

Local schools will also be encouraging students to walk, cycle or scooter.
Workers will be encouraged take a bus or a train, or even walk, rather than their car. Have your ever thought what your neighborhood would be like if there were fewer cars?

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1531 days ago

Orchestra Wellington's Symphonic Dances

Orchestra Wellington

Hi Neighbours – join us on Saturday 26 September as we celebrate the music of Russian master Sergei Rachmaninoff, performing his dazzling Symphonic Dances.

Our concert features guest soloist Michael Houstoun in a thrilling piano concerto, Three Psalms, from the repertoire of internationally … View more
Hi Neighbours – join us on Saturday 26 September as we celebrate the music of Russian master Sergei Rachmaninoff, performing his dazzling Symphonic Dances.

Our concert features guest soloist Michael Houstoun in a thrilling piano concerto, Three Psalms, from the repertoire of internationally acclaimed Kiwi composer John Psathas. Conducted as always by our Music Director Marc Taddei, who will also lead our players through Tchaikovsky’s unmistakable Serenade For Strings.

Tickets start from $40, and the concert will take place at 7:30pm at the Michael Fowler Centre.

Kirsten Mason
General Manager, Orchestra Wellington.
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