Karori, Wellington

Council rubbish calendar

Reporter Community News

The 2022 rubbish/recycling collection calendar and information brochures are available! You can either grab one from the council service centre or you can email the council (info@wcc.govt.nz) and they will post the correct calendar to your address. Include your name, address and 'recycling … View moreThe 2022 rubbish/recycling collection calendar and information brochures are available! You can either grab one from the council service centre or you can email the council (info@wcc.govt.nz) and they will post the correct calendar to your address. Include your name, address and 'recycling calendar' in the subject line. Click on READ MORE to go the council site.

Check before you swim this summer

Reporter Community News

Greater Wellington is reminding everyone to check the safety of swimming spots over summer.
"We monitor over 80 swimming spots in our region over summer to help make sure you can check where it’s safe to swim."
Click on READ MORE to learn you can check before you swimming.

Friday Feathered Friend

Reporter Community News

Words and picture by Louise Thomas.
"Might I suggest that if you don't want people to know you are nesting there, that you stop screaming like a stuck pig every time someone walks past. Just a thought. Pūkeko/purple swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) at Manor Park Golf Sanctuary."

Picked in the morning, on your plate for lunch

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

Read about this Dunedin cafe where vegetables from the kitchen has been grown by the owner. The staples of pumpkins, beetroot, cabbage and carrots do well here, he says, with a wide variety of other crops including spring onions, kohlrabi, celery, fennel, kale, potatoes, … View moreDear neighbours,

Read about this Dunedin cafe where vegetables from the kitchen has been grown by the owner. The staples of pumpkins, beetroot, cabbage and carrots do well here, he says, with a wide variety of other crops including spring onions, kohlrabi, celery, fennel, kale, potatoes, silverbeet, leek, mint and herbs. Yummy!

Tattersfield mattress

Gaylene from Northland

Tattersfield 7 Tech long single (205 x 91) slat mattress in very good condition. PM me. Free. Pick up.

Free

your old wool carpet wants a new home...

Leah & Roger from Karori

Lots of wool carpet wanted. Perhaps you are getting new carpet.... I'll collect your old one

Free

DESPERATELY SEEKING SHED

Christopher from Brooklyn

Hi - if anyone has a shed or garage (or part of) they would like to rent for some extra income, I'm looking for space for a small classic car. No power needed, not intending on turning it into a workshop, just need shelter.

Feel free to call/text: 021784557
Thanks.

Have your say on your local.

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Has the pandemic made you shop more locally? Do you feel like you can rely on your community?

Let us know in our State of the Neighbourhood survey and you could win 1 of 10 $100 Prezzy cards. Take the survey

What's On at the National Library - December 2021

The Team from Alexander Turnbull Library

Kia ora
Below is our suite of free events for December 2021, and online events at the National Library, Thorndon. For more information visit our website: natlib.govt.nz
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Digital Pasifik live - Solomon Islands National Museum
Join on an online tour of the Solomon Islands National Museum … View moreKia ora
Below is our suite of free events for December 2021, and online events at the National Library, Thorndon. For more information visit our website: natlib.govt.nz
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Digital Pasifik live - Solomon Islands National Museum
Join on an online tour of the Solomon Islands National Museum with the Deputy Director Lawrence Kiko, who will be showing a selection of items from the Museum.

Date: Tuesday 30 November 2021 Time: 6pm to 7pm Cost: Free Venue: Online by Zoom please see the website
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Te pānui o Te Awhi Rito — Te hā, te kupu, te kōrero
Te Awhi Rito, Ben Brown, presents his pānui / inaugural address about the importance of reading to children and the way stories give us a deeper understanding of our relationships to each other and the world we live in.

Date: Thursday 2 December 2021 Time: 6pm to 7pm Cost: Free Register online before 29 November 2021 Venue: Online by Zoom please see the website
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Ngā Tānga Reo Māori: An introduction to the Books in Māori collection of printed Māori taonga.
The Library has begun to digitise its collection of printed Māori, and the first items will be made available on a new books portal in the Papers Past website. Join Māori Digitisation Advisor Clare Butler (Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa) and Curator, Māori Paul Diamond (Ngāti Hauā, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) online, to take a closer look at part of the Library’s extensive collection of printed Māori language material, and this exciting development which will make them available beyond the Library’s walls.

Date: Tuesday 7 December 2021 Time: 1pm to 2pm Cost: Free Register online Venue: Online by Zoom please see the website
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Human Rights Day – ‘A Thousand Cuts’ documentary screening and panel discussion
Join the Netherlands Embassy and the High Commission of Canada in New Zealand for a screening of the multiple award-winning documentary A Thousand Cuts, which portrays the drive of Philippine journalist Maria Ressa to defend freedom of expression.

Date: Tuesday 7 December 2021 Time: 5.30pm to 8.30pm Cost: Free Booking from website
Venue: Taiwhanga Kauhau Auditorium Lower Ground Floor
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He Tohu Audio and Sign Language Guides
Discover the new He Tohu Audio and Sign Language Guides at the National Library of New Zealand.  Come and explore He Tohu in one of seven languages; English, Te Reo Māori, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, French, German and NZ Sign Language.

Date: Monday 29 November 2021 onwards  Time: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday  9am to 1pm Saturdays Cost: Free  Venue: He Tohu, Te Ahumairangi Ground Floor
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Trouble in Paradise: Climate change in the Pacific
A photographic exhibition documenting the effects of the climate crisis in the Pacific, artworks by Sheyne Tuffery, and a selection of historical rare books from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Date: Thursday 4 November 2021 to Saturday 30 April 2022 Time: 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday  9am to 1pm Saturdays Cost: Free Venue: National Library Gallery, Ground Floor
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Imagining Dante exhibition
Imagining Dante showcases some of the illustrated editions of the Divine Comedy held by the Alexander Turnbull Library from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries.

Date: 1 November 2021 to 28 January 2022 Time: 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday  9am to 1pm Saturdays Cost: Free Venue: Turnbull Gallery, Level 1

The Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band and Wellington City Pipe Band concert Dec 12th

The Team from Destination Wairarapa

The Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band will join with the Wellington City Pipe Band to bring the joy of the Scottish Highlands to the region through the iconic sound of the bagpipes. A two-hour music feast for lovers of bagpipe music and those who enjoy the tingling sensation generated from … View moreThe Wairarapa Fern and Thistle Pipe Band will join with the Wellington City Pipe Band to bring the joy of the Scottish Highlands to the region through the iconic sound of the bagpipes. A two-hour music feast for lovers of bagpipe music and those who enjoy the tingling sensation generated from bagpipes. Carterton Event Centre Dec 12th 3.30pm. Tickets here: tinyurl.com...

Potted foam cactus

The Team from Resene ColorShop Basin Reserve

When it comes to homeware trends, the cactus is a perennial favourite. Create some super-cute and affordable cactus-themed crafts with Resene paints.

Find out how to create your own.

Have your say on an enhanced Basin Reserve

Let's Get Wellington Moving

Let’s Get Wellington Moving is looking for your feedback on four transport options that will change how Wellingtonians get around and ensure we’re ready for the future.

Your trips of tomorrow could include an enhanced Basin Reserve, with new cycleways, walkways and green spaces for everyone … View moreLet’s Get Wellington Moving is looking for your feedback on four transport options that will change how Wellingtonians get around and ensure we’re ready for the future.

Your trips of tomorrow could include an enhanced Basin Reserve, with new cycleways, walkways and green spaces for everyone to enjoy – take a look at the options and have your say today. Find out more

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The Team from NZ Compare

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Room for Rent - Brooklyn

Christopher from Brooklyn

I have a large room for rent in my own house on Todman St in Brooklyn, with amazing views of the harbour and Mount Vic. It's fully furnished as shown.

If interested please call or text me.

Thanks,
Chris - 021 784557

Seven key reasons you need a will

Public Trust

When we think about writing a will, most of us think about who will receive our assets when we've passed away. But it's so much more than that. It's about leaving a personal and lasting legacy. Trustee Team Lead Kim Rogers from our Taranaki Customer Centre had a chat with stuff.co.nz… View moreWhen we think about writing a will, most of us think about who will receive our assets when we've passed away. But it's so much more than that. It's about leaving a personal and lasting legacy. Trustee Team Lead Kim Rogers from our Taranaki Customer Centre had a chat with stuff.co.nz recently on the seven key reasons you need a will. Check out the article in the link below.