Paekakariki Film Festival
Paekakariki Film Festival
Acclaimed films with Paekakariki connections. Presented by Paekakariki Station Museum as a fundraiser.
Venues: *St Peters Hall and **Finns Cinema
Tix: St Peters: Adults - folding koha. Children - gold coin
Finns: $16 (seniors $13.50) in luxurious surrounds
*SATURDAY 7 JULY AT ST PETERS
4pm: Second-Hand Wedding
Director: Paul Murphy
Writer: Linda Niccol
Filmed around Paekakariki and Raumati
Introduced by Linda Niccol
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7pm: Shopping
Directors: Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland
Filmed in and around Paekakariki starring Julian Dennison in his first film
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*SUNDAY 8 JULY AT ST PETERS
11am: The Strength of Water
Director: Armagan Ballantyne
Writer: Briar Grace-Smith
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1.30pm: Pa Boys
Director Himiona Grace will be there for Q&A
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7.30pm: Broken Journey: The Life and Art of J C Sturm
Director: Tim Rose
Documentary about poet Jacquie Baxter filmed in Paekakariki
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**SATURDAY 14 JULY AT FINNS CINEMA
4pm: Second-Hand Wedding
7pm Shopping
**SUNDAY 15 JULY AT FINNS CINEMA
11am: The Strength of Water
1.30pm Pa Boys
7.30pm Broken Journey: The Life and Art of J C Sturm
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Poll: Does the building consent process need to change?
We definitely need homes that are fit to live in but there are often frustrations when it comes to getting consent to modify your own home.
Do you think changes need made to the current process for building consent? Share your thoughts below.
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91.3% Yes
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8.2% No
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0.5% Other - I'll share below!
FAMILY OF POTHOLES
Not the biggest pothole in NZ but Alexander Road in Trentham has one of its round-abouts with a family of potholes on the roading making it difficult to avoid them.
The Upper Hutt City Council was quick and ridiculous to reduce the speed limit of all Alexander Road from 80kg to 50kg but not so quick to repair this multiple of potholes.
I must not hold my breath because nearly 4 years ago I held a discussion with the UHCC roading chief on the appalling state of the busy Ward Street road in Wallaceville and he agreed but asked me which would you prefer - fixing up Fergusson Drive or Ward Street as a priority. Well nothing has been done either to Fergusson Drive.
I am hoping the new Government with its plans to reverse some speed restrictions and introduce reducing speed restrictions on some roads, will prompt the UHCC to wake up their ideas of Alexander Road which in most part is non urban residential housing.