Civic Centre Council’s Civic Centre will be closed
From 15 August, the Civic Centre Council’s Civic Centre will be closed for essential seismic strengthening and all customer services will be based at the newly-refurbished HAPAI building located at 879-881 Fergusson Drive.
Services at the HAPAI building include:
- Payment for things like rates and dog registration
- Parking fines
- Regulatory things like health licenses and building consents
- Self-service kiosks to view property records and rates information
Council and committee meetings will be held in the Rotary Lounge at the Upper Hutt Library. You can view the meeting schedule at upperhuttcity.com/Your-Council/Council-Meetings.
All other Council staff will be working remotely until the strengthening work is complete. We expect the work to take about eight months.
Poll: Should all neighbours have to contribute to improvements?
An Auckland court has ruled a woman doesn’t have to contribute towards the cost of fixing a driveway she shares with 10 neighbours.
When thinking about fences, driveways or tree felling, for example, do you think all neighbours should have to pay if the improvements directly benefit them?
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82.3% Yes
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14.8% No
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2.9% Other - I'll share below
Live Q&A: Garden maintenance with Crewcut
This Wednesday, we're having another Neighbourly Q&A session. This time with John Bracewell from Crewcut.
John Bracewell, former Black Caps coach turned Franchisee Development Manager and currently the face of Crewcut’s #Movember campaign, knows a thing or two about keeping the grass looking sharp—whether it’s on a cricket pitch or in your backyard!
As a seasoned Crewcut franchisee, John is excited to answer your lawn and gardening questions. After years of perfecting the greens on the field, he's ready to share tips on how to knock your garden out of the park. Let's just say he’s as passionate about lush lawns as he is about a good game of cricket!
John is happy to answer questions about lawn mowing, tree/hedge trimming, tidying your garden, ride on mowing, you name it! He'll be online on Wednesday, 27th of November to answer them all.
Share your question below now ⬇️
Today’s Riddle – Can You Outsmart Your Neighbours?
First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
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