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445 days ago

Upper Hutt Spring Festival 2023

Upper Hutt Spring Festival

Celebrate Spring at Upper Hutt's 22nd annual Upper Hutt Spring Festival. A fun filled family day out with 200 street stalls from around the country, live entertainment, fabulous food trucks, children's rides and displays. Something for the whole family!

Saturday 9 September
9am to 3pm… View more
Celebrate Spring at Upper Hutt's 22nd annual Upper Hutt Spring Festival. A fun filled family day out with 200 street stalls from around the country, live entertainment, fabulous food trucks, children's rides and displays. Something for the whole family!

Saturday 9 September
9am to 3pm
Main St, Upper Hutt
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445 days ago

Sell 2013 Toyota Corolla

Suzanne from Trentham

Urgent sale. $12,500
It was going to be our retirement car but our personal circumstances have changed. Sad to see it go.

One owner before us. Service history with Rutherford and Bond is with the car. Very well looked after - it had had its 120000km service before it had done 85000km!!! We … View more
Urgent sale. $12,500
It was going to be our retirement car but our personal circumstances have changed. Sad to see it go.

One owner before us. Service history with Rutherford and Bond is with the car. Very well looked after - it had had its 120000km service before it had done 85000km!!! We purchased from Rutherford and Bond just over a year ago.

Tidy condition for its age. New battery and tow bar. Has a brand new WoF.

Inspection available on request. Time to be arranged.

Price: $12,500

446 days ago

WORLD ATHLETICS HAS NZ STRUGGLING

Michael from Trentham

NZ sent its biggest and strongest team to a world track & field champs a couple of weeks ago in Bucharest. It was the 19th such event.

But NZ's 20 athletes failed to win a medal of any description during the nine-day event which was probably the most outstanding world or Olympics … View more
NZ sent its biggest and strongest team to a world track & field champs a couple of weeks ago in Bucharest. It was the 19th such event.

But NZ's 20 athletes failed to win a medal of any description during the nine-day event which was probably the most outstanding world or Olympics athletics ever staged.

The venue itself and the connecting facilities were outstanding and every day the 35,000 spectator stadium was either filled or near-filled.

A new Ussain Bolt emerged in the form of an American sprinter named Noah Lyles and he provided the spark that an event of this type needs as its brightest ultimate star.

NZ athletes were very largely disappointing. We had performer after performer failing to provide a personal best effort or even a matching personal best performance in order to secure a better placing and in several cases, gaining at least a silver or bronze medal.

These can be reeled off but include shot putter Walsh, high jumper Kerr, Javelin thrower Peeters and sprinter Hobbs.

Only women shot putter Wesche and steeplechaser Beamish produced PBs.

So let's hope for better things in less than 12 months time when the Olympic Games are held in Paris. Track & field is the supreme event of the Olympics.

446 days ago

Hatching a plan

The Team from Resene ColorShop Upper Hutt

Transform your hen house into a colourful garden feature with Resene paints.

Find out how to create your own with these easy step by step instructions.

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447 days ago

Spring Gardening

Ian Hamilton from Natures choice gardening services - Upper Hutt

Well winters done and dusted and now it’s time for the garden tidy up! We can help you with that!
With 25 years gardening experience theirs not much we haven’t seen.
Call me today for free quote
0272430951
Natures choice Gardening services

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447 days ago

Rimutaka Playgroup

Kerry from Clouston Park - Kingsley Heights

Spring is here!!!!
Spring is here.
Spring is here.
Goodbye snow.
Flowers grow.
Birds and bees.
Leaves on trees.
Hello spring.
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Spring is here!!!!
Spring is here.
Spring is here.
Goodbye snow.
Flowers grow.
Birds and bees.
Leaves on trees.
Hello spring.
Hello spring.

Yip tomorow is the first day of spring - officially.
Hope you can join us for some fun.
We have 3 different crafts for you to make for fathers day.
And of course we have music and a fantastic morning tea - why wouldn’t you come to playgroup :)

Rimutaka Baptist Church
6 Akatarawa Road
9-11.30 am
Gold coin donation
See you tomorrow.
Enwuires: 0273432011

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474 days ago

Poll: True or false? Drinking a glass of red wine every day is good for your heart.

The Team from Heart Foundation NZ

To find out the answer, click the link below and take our ‘Truth about alcohol' quiz.

www.heartfoundation.org.nz...

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True or false? Drinking a glass of red wine every day is good for your heart.
  • 50.1% True
    50.1% Complete
  • 49.9% False
    49.9% Complete
2429 votes
447 days ago

Spring Gardening deals !

Ian Hamilton from Natures choice gardening services - Upper Hutt

After a wet winter Does your garden resemble the Amazon jungle? Are you looking to clear it out? Then you have come to the right place! Nature's Choice has been turning jungles into respectable gardens for 25 years. We are the local horticulture landscaping experts in the Wellington region. … View moreAfter a wet winter Does your garden resemble the Amazon jungle? Are you looking to clear it out? Then you have come to the right place! Nature's Choice has been turning jungles into respectable gardens for 25 years. We are the local horticulture landscaping experts in the Wellington region. From one-off section clean ups to regular maintenance, we can do it all.
0272430951

450 days ago

Poll: Should you mow your neighbour's berm?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The sun is out, the grass is dry and you've fired up the mower. Your neighbour's half is looking a little overgrown, do you do theirs too?

Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the We Say You Say column of your local paper.

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Should you mow your neighbour's berm?
  • 63.9% Yes, it's the neighbourly thing to do
    63.9% Complete
  • 30.7% No, they might start to expect it
    30.7% Complete
  • 3.7% I didn't know we were supposed to mow berms?
    3.7% Complete
  • 1.7% What's a berm?
    1.7% Complete
2425 votes
448 days ago

Don't miss out, neighbour!

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448 days ago

Mobil Karori is open!

Mobil Karori

To celebrate, we are offering 2x Smiles points and 10c off every litre of fuel!

Fuel up at Mobil Karori as many times as you like between 28th August until 10th September 2023 to enjoy 2x Smiles points. Redeem 10c off per litre of fuel until 24th September 2023, exclusively at Mobil Karori. … View more
To celebrate, we are offering 2x Smiles points and 10c off every litre of fuel!

Fuel up at Mobil Karori as many times as you like between 28th August until 10th September 2023 to enjoy 2x Smiles points. Redeem 10c off per litre of fuel until 24th September 2023, exclusively at Mobil Karori. Terms and conditions apply.

Find us at 245 Karori Road, Karori. Let’s go!
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449 days ago

Spring Gardening

Ian Hamilton from Natures choice gardening services - Upper Hutt

A Spring Gardening clean up in your outdoor space involves clearing out debris, removing any dead plants, and adding new soil or mulch. You'll also need to check for any potential weeds or pests, and apply the necessary treatments. Finally, you'll need to decide what types of plants or … View moreA Spring Gardening clean up in your outdoor space involves clearing out debris, removing any dead plants, and adding new soil or mulch. You'll also need to check for any potential weeds or pests, and apply the necessary treatments. Finally, you'll need to decide what types of plants or flowers you want to add in the Spring Gardening section. Once everything is in place, you can enjoy the fresh blooms and greenery in your outdoor space.
Sounds too hard ? Let me do it ! 25 years in the Gardening trade.
Ian
0272430951
Natures choice Gardening

452 days ago

NEAR FUTURE TRANSPORTING PEOPLE

Michael from Trentham

Wellington Metlink are getting a bunch of new trains (18 it is believed) and carriages by 2025-26 and the Wellington Regional Council are going to allow private bus servicing again. All this means is that TransDec will increase the train services in the region to almost certainly include 10 … View moreWellington Metlink are getting a bunch of new trains (18 it is believed) and carriages by 2025-26 and the Wellington Regional Council are going to allow private bus servicing again. All this means is that TransDec will increase the train services in the region to almost certainly include 10 minute-only gaps in its weekday scheduling and a more frequency at other times; a promised increase in public buses on the roads throughout the region.

These measures are taking into account the increased usage of public transport and the demand that will generate from new housing (such as town housing) and apartment blocks where vehicle ownership is or will be limited or non existent.

New housing areas are deliberately planned to take into account the lower expectation of vehicle-ownership and number of vehicles per household in the future.

As well, looking into the future a little bit further, there is the advance of the driverless vehicle which will allow people to hire vehicles on a trip by trip basis and not need to desire a privately owned vehicle parked or garaged. This will suit up with the advance of apartments which usually have restricted or no parking facilities and that of town houses with limited or no parking.

Capping this is the completion of cycle lanes to allow people to safely ride on the sides of roads and cater for the increased usage of cycling as a means of transportation and recreation.

Less need for vehicle ownership is the increasing permanency of people working from home instead of travelling to a work station and in the use of the internet for the ordering of and the delivering of supermarket products and all other items.

455 days ago

Trentham Racecourse Overhaul

Michael from Trentham

So in around 5-7 years we can expect the retention of the historical, famous racecourse proper of the international size it is currently and has been for around 120 years but with a completely amazing remodeled "offcourse".

850 above average apartments within multistoried blocks, a… View more
So in around 5-7 years we can expect the retention of the historical, famous racecourse proper of the international size it is currently and has been for around 120 years but with a completely amazing remodeled "offcourse".

850 above average apartments within multistoried blocks, a hotel, a retail village including bars and cafe/restaurants, other entertainment and features as well as facilities compatible with racing are replacing the two old grandstands and the land inbetween and on the outers.

As a local I hope that the Kiwi Rail-promised walkway from the Wallaceville Estate to the Trentham Railway Station and thus also the new racecourse complex, will finally be constructed. A walk to all of this on a good day would be right up my alley.

453 days ago

Friday Feathered Friend

Reporter Community News

A stunning picture by Simon Woolf.

"When you are photographing in Karori, there are some unique occupational hazards! New phone and I'm shooting a time-lapse of Tui in flight. I look out the window, and my new phone is being investigated, tugged and being put through the ruggedness … View more
A stunning picture by Simon Woolf.

"When you are photographing in Karori, there are some unique occupational hazards! New phone and I'm shooting a time-lapse of Tui in flight. I look out the window, and my new phone is being investigated, tugged and being put through the ruggedness test by this young Kaka!
Kaka are so intelligent, and much more gentle than their South Island cousins, the Kea. It's always more investigation than sheer vandalism and mischief! It's such a joy and privilege to have them around."

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