17 November update from Hutt City Council
ROADS AND TRANSPORT
Vehicle access is closed on Daly Street between High Street and Andrews Ave. One side of the footpath is also closed with work to be completed to a building in the coming days.
Udy Street is closed between Kensington Ave and Britannia Street, repairs are underway to a burst water main.
All other Lower Hutt roads are open.
All public transport is operating.
COUNCIL SERVICES
Silverstream Landfill is closed. It is set to open on Saturday. Fallen trees are blocking the road and up to 40 more trees require removal to ensure no further risk. Kerbside rubbish and recycling collection is going ahead as usual.
All other Council facilities are open.
OTHER SERVICES THROUGHOUT LOWER HUTT
QUEENSGATE SHOPPING CENTRE
Is currently closed until Sunday 20 November. Visit queensgateshopping.co.nz for more info.
WAINUIOMATA MALL / COUNTDOWN WAINUIOMATA
The Wainuiomata Mall is currently closed From today, Countdown will be running a free bus services from Countdown Wainuiomata carpark twice daily to Countdown Petone for local customers. The bus will leave from outside the WINZ office in the Wainuiomata Mall main carpark at 10am and 5pm. It will return approximately an hour later from Petone to Countdown Wainuiomata. Visit Countdown Supermarkets for more info
COUNCIL BUILDING INSPECTIONS
Council officers have completed assessment of the 59 earthquake-prone buildings registered in the city, and one of these buildings requires further inspection by an engineer.
Council officers are now investigating any other buildings that they’ve been notified about.
Concerned a building has structural damage?
If you’re the tenant of a building that you suspect has suffered structural damage please notify the owner in the first instance and then inform Council of the address.
If a building does have structural damage the owner will need to get an engineer’s report, we can advise them on the steps they need to take. We really want to encourage tenants and owners to let us know of any concerns. Contact Council on 04 570 6666 or report it online huttcity.govt.nz/rap
Poll: Do you think NZ should ban social media for youth?
The Australian Prime Minister has expressed plans to ban social media use for children.
This would make it illegal for under 16-year-olds to have accounts on platforms including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Social media platforms would be tasked with ensuring children have no access (under-age children and their parents wouldn’t be penalised for breaching the age limit)
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Do you think NZ should follow suit? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.
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85.2% Yes
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13.8% No
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1% Other - I'll share below
scumbags
There are some really awful people around at the moment. This is what happened on Sunday.
We live in Hinemoa Street opposite the Waiwhetu Stream. At around 3.40 in the afternoon I was looking out my window and saw a car pull up and start to feed the geese and ducks out the window. Then The passenger an asian man jumped out and threw himself onto a goose. he picked it up and put it the boot of the car.
I immediately ran over and stood in front of his car to stop him moving I also called my husband to help. A lovely man was riding his bike and saw it and stopped to help me. The driver tried to drive into me but I didnt move. He tried telling us it was his pet. These are wild geese.
They had a cage in the boot and some wire all ready to catch the poor bird like they have done it before. My husband took the bird from the car and released it. I then moved out of the way and after lots of abuse from the driver they drove off threatening to come back and get more.
No one should be allowed to take these beautiful birds and certainly not like this. they are all starting to have wee babies at the moment the whole thing was so upsetting to me. Another neighbour further down the road also saw it all happen.
Please keep a look out for this car and if you see them by the stream go over and watch them lets all stop this happening.
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