Hutt Central, Lower Hutt

2455 days ago

Free Aloe

Kelly from Naenae

Hi there, have just pulled/chopped down our VERY large aloe plant. If anyone is interested in it, it is on the front lawn of 43 Cleland Cres, Naenae. Come and help yourself before it gets sent to the tip... :0)

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2453 days ago

Open day at the WBRM club

Bill from Maungaraki

The public are invited to the Wellington British Railway Modellers club rooms in Jamaica Drive, Grenada North Park, Tawa on ANZAC day (Thursday the 25th of April) from 12 noon - 4:00 pm to come and see what we are doing!!

2453 days ago

Discover your rights with the CAB!

Sacha Green from Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealand

Do you know what your rights are at work? How about your rights to do with renting or owning a home? If you buy something that’s faulty do you know what your options are? This CAB Awareness Week from 8-14 April you’re being invited to Discover Your Rights – Tūhuratia ō motika!

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Do you know what your rights are at work? How about your rights to do with renting or owning a home? If you buy something that’s faulty do you know what your options are? This CAB Awareness Week from 8-14 April you’re being invited to Discover Your Rights – Tūhuratia ō motika!

Helping people to know what their rights and responsibilities are and how they can act on these is core to what the Citizens Advice Bureau is about. We help people from all walks of life to access the information they need so they are empowered to take next steps and to resolve their problems.

A highlight of this year’s Awareness Week is the launch of the CAB’s new public website - www.cab.org.nz.... After a year of development and user testing, the resulting website provides an accessible, mobile-friendly, knowledgebase of 2,000 questions and answers about people’s rights that are based on real issues confronted by clients.

The information about rights is grounded in the law but is practical and is expressed in a way that’s easy to understand.

The website also provides a directory of more than 30,000 community organisations so that the CAB can help connect people with any additional services they need.

We’re keen to break down any barriers people face in finding out what their rights are. Our new website is a fantastic resource for the whole community, and complements the amazing face-to-face and phone service provided by our skilled and dedicated volunteers.

We invite you to Discover Your Rights with us this Awareness Week by checking out our new website www.cab.org.nz..., calling us 0800 367 222, or by visiting your local CAB. We’re here to help.

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2454 days ago

"Urban Permaculture" Film Evening Tues 9 April at 7:30

Richard from Petone

“Urban Permaculture” Film Evening, Tuesday 9 April, at 7.30pm
Alicetown Community Centre, 38 Victoria Street, Alicetown.

Join us to view and discuss Geoff Lawton’s movie, which focusses on the use of small spaces for growing food on permaculture principles. It takes us round a range of … View more
“Urban Permaculture” Film Evening, Tuesday 9 April, at 7.30pm
Alicetown Community Centre, 38 Victoria Street, Alicetown.

Join us to view and discuss Geoff Lawton’s movie, which focusses on the use of small spaces for growing food on permaculture principles. It takes us round a range of flourishing gardens, shows us some of the infrastructure used, and even shows us the beginnings of a makeover.
This DVD begins with a look at the possibilities of the urban growing environment and the madness of the traditional grass lawn.
From there, we’re taken through a variety of intensively managed Urban Edens. Backyards overflowing with life… medicinal herbs beneath fruit trees… lettuces and mints in planters… citrus trees managed as shrubs in a 1′ wide strip on a balcony… a swimming pool converted into a fish pond… plenty of eye-candy.
We also see quite a few irrigation and water reclamation systems, from roof-fed cisterns to swales dug across yards to catch rainwater. The re-use of graywater and the technology of solar pumps, filters, diverters, etc. are much more complicated than the scope of this DVD.
For a newbie… the DVD is a wealth of information… and for the expert, it’s a well of inspiration.

2456 days ago

Graves could be under carpark

Matt Tso Reporter from The Hutt News

There are 832 people buried in the St James Church cemetery and it is unknown where the majority of them are located.

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2454 days ago

Homebased Educator Job opportunity

Barnardos Home-Based Early Learning - Lower Hutt

We are actively looking for Educators.
Are you passionate about children?
We have rewarding work and free training opportunities for you to become a home-based early learning educator.
Please contact Claire on 04 8011 673 or 027 2014165

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2454 days ago

Gardening and section clearing

Ian Hamilton from Natures choice gardening services - Lower Hutt

Are you fed up with a messy Garden? Tired of the trees hitting the house? Then call us today for a free quote -
0272430951

Negotiable

2454 days ago

Climate Change: Its Effects on Aotearoa and the South Pacific

Kylie from Hutt City Libraries

Hutt City Libraries is pleased to be hosting a panel discussion looking at the effects of climate change in the Hutt Valley and wider region.

Lower Hutt War Memorial Library, 2 Queens Drive
Thursday 11 April, 6:30pm

Join moderator Dr. James Renwick (2018 winner of the Prime Minister’s … View more
Hutt City Libraries is pleased to be hosting a panel discussion looking at the effects of climate change in the Hutt Valley and wider region.

Lower Hutt War Memorial Library, 2 Queens Drive
Thursday 11 April, 6:30pm

Join moderator Dr. James Renwick (2018 winner of the Prime Minister’s Science Communicator prize) and panellists:
Dr. Tim Naish (Professor in Earth Sciences, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University)
Topic: Sea level rise and Antarctic ice

Dr. Judy Lawrence (Senior Research Fellow, Climate Change Research Institute, Victoria University)
Topic: Resilience and adaptation in the Hutt Valley

Dr Pauline Harris (Chair, Society of Māori Astronomy Research &
Traditions (SMART) & Lecturer, Science in Society, Victoria University)
Topic: Ngā Takahuringā ō te ao: The effect of climate change on
traditional Māori calendars

Lisa McLaren (Coordinator of the Zero Carbon Act campaign, Generation-Zero)
Topic: Grassroots activism and the youth-led campaign for a Zero Carbon Act.

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2455 days ago

Daylight savings ends this weekend

Neighbourly from Neighbourly.co.nz

Make sure you don't get caught out.

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2455 days ago

Take a look at your neighbour's award-winning upcycled shed

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Ian Hamilton is a joint runner-up in our 2019 Resene Shed of the Year. "I think there's so much wastage today. People think if it's broken they need to get rid of it. Whereas I think if it's broken, let's see if we can fix it, or make something else useful out of it," … View moreIan Hamilton is a joint runner-up in our 2019 Resene Shed of the Year. "I think there's so much wastage today. People think if it's broken they need to get rid of it. Whereas I think if it's broken, let's see if we can fix it, or make something else useful out of it," he says. "I don't like throwing things away needlessly. I like re-purposing stuff."

2462 days ago

Council to cut some plastics from recycling

Reporter The Hutt News

Reduced access to overseas waste processing markets means plastic types 3 to 7 will not be accepted for recycling from May.

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