Crofton Downs, Wellington

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1655 days ago

Loading zones

Simone Borgstede from Wellington City Council

From Wednesday 6 May we will be enforcing loading zone parking restrictions.
This is due to the high number of complaints we've received from the public that delivery drivers are unable to park in them to deliver goods to local businesses because they are being used by non-goods/business … View more
From Wednesday 6 May we will be enforcing loading zone parking restrictions.
This is due to the high number of complaints we've received from the public that delivery drivers are unable to park in them to deliver goods to local businesses because they are being used by non-goods/business vehicles for long periods of time.

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1655 days ago

Heavy rain over the weekend

The Team from Wellington Water

The heavy rain over the weekend sure kept our crews busy! They got out there responding to surface flooding, removing blockages and pumping water away from properties that were being threatened by flooding 🌧 Also great to hear a bunch of positive feedback from residents for our folks who were … View moreThe heavy rain over the weekend sure kept our crews busy! They got out there responding to surface flooding, removing blockages and pumping water away from properties that were being threatened by flooding 🌧 Also great to hear a bunch of positive feedback from residents for our folks who were out in the storm taking care of business yesterday.

Shout out to those who took our suggestions on clearing out sumps in their streets – this definitely makes a difference 🍂

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1657 days ago

Clifton Terrace car park

Simone Borgstede from Wellington City Council

The Clifton Terrace car park will reopen on Monday 4 May and we will provide free parking until 7am on Tuesday 12 May.
From that date, normal parking fees will apply.
Customers who lease parks will be able to access their parks as normal from Tuesday 28 April to Monday 11 May.
For more information … View more
The Clifton Terrace car park will reopen on Monday 4 May and we will provide free parking until 7am on Tuesday 12 May.
From that date, normal parking fees will apply.
Customers who lease parks will be able to access their parks as normal from Tuesday 28 April to Monday 11 May.
For more information visit:
wellington.govt.nz...

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1655 days ago

Celebrate a special mum and win!

Rita Angus Retirement Village

Did your mum transform rainy days into hot chocolate and bad moods into giggles?
Show you care, whether she’s with you or far away.
Enter our Mother’s Day competition before 6 May 2020 for a chance to win!

Too many memories to choose from? Here’s our team with some inspiration.

Follow this … View more
Did your mum transform rainy days into hot chocolate and bad moods into giggles?
Show you care, whether she’s with you or far away.
Enter our Mother’s Day competition before 6 May 2020 for a chance to win!

Too many memories to choose from? Here’s our team with some inspiration.

Follow this link to enter our competition.

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1666 days ago

Help a small business near you

David Downs from SOS Business

Missing your haircut, your morning coffee or dinner out? We've set up a site where you can support your local small business by buying a voucher now for a service you will get in the future - give these small businesses the money they need now to keep the lights on while they have the doors … View moreMissing your haircut, your morning coffee or dinner out? We've set up a site where you can support your local small business by buying a voucher now for a service you will get in the future - give these small businesses the money they need now to keep the lights on while they have the doors shut. Lots of great places to support across the Wellington area here...
sosbusiness.nz...

1656 days ago

Join Healthy For Life - a new programme for over 65s

The Team from ACC New Zealand

Do you want to be healthy for life? Join us this Saturday 9am on TVNZ 1.

Hosted by Bernice Mene, Healthy for Life is designed to help over 65 year olds work on their strength and balance through an exercise programme called the Super7.

All done from the comfort of your bubble, this show … View more
Do you want to be healthy for life? Join us this Saturday 9am on TVNZ 1.

Hosted by Bernice Mene, Healthy for Life is designed to help over 65 year olds work on their strength and balance through an exercise programme called the Super7.

All done from the comfort of your bubble, this show provides great tips for staying safe in the home, keeping your brain active, how to keep up your social links and friendships and advice about healthy eating and sleep during this time.

Healthy for Life is available on TVNZ OnDemand, or screens this Saturday at 9AM on TVNZ 1.

Find out more at Live Stronger for Longer.
Exercise safely at home

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1658 days ago

Office chair needed urgently / temporarily!

Paul from Thorndon

So I'm starting a job working from home next week, and the office chair I ordered online, has a missing part! So I'm getting a replacement sent out but it won't get here in time for Monday. Is there anybody out there and can lend me a comfortable office chair to use for a few days? I… View moreSo I'm starting a job working from home next week, and the office chair I ordered online, has a missing part! So I'm getting a replacement sent out but it won't get here in time for Monday. Is there anybody out there and can lend me a comfortable office chair to use for a few days? I have no issues with coming to pick it up.. assuming it's come from a household that hasn't been affected by COVID-19 in any way.

Thanks!

1657 days ago

Marsden Virtual Open Day 3 May

Inge Doig from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School

An Open Day, but not as you know it! Join us for the Marsden School Virtual Open Day webinar Sunday 3 May at 2pm. Register and we will send you a link.

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1657 days ago

Your Local Beaurepaires is Now Open 6 Days a Week!

Anna Smith from Beaurepaires Wellington CBD

Hey Neighbours!

We're excited to help keep you moving again and safe on the road!

Our stores are open 8am - 5pm on weekdays and 9am - 12pm on Saturday.

Contactless servicing, as well as increased cleaning and hygiene practices, physical distancing, PayWave and contact tracing have been … View more
Hey Neighbours!

We're excited to help keep you moving again and safe on the road!

Our stores are open 8am - 5pm on weekdays and 9am - 12pm on Saturday.

Contactless servicing, as well as increased cleaning and hygiene practices, physical distancing, PayWave and contact tracing have been implemented in all stores.

To find out more click the READ MORE button below.

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1658 days ago

NEW! SuperSeniors Newsletter COVID-19 special edition

Office for Seniors

Hi Neighbours!

The new SuperSeniors e-Newsletter is available on our website NOW! This e-Newsletter includes the additional guidance for what seniors can do during Alert Level 3 and information from the Student Volunteer Army and Age Concern about the services they are offering.

It also has … View more
Hi Neighbours!

The new SuperSeniors e-Newsletter is available on our website NOW! This e-Newsletter includes the additional guidance for what seniors can do during Alert Level 3 and information from the Student Volunteer Army and Age Concern about the services they are offering.

It also has the details on the Winter Energy Payment that starts again today!

Click here to read: bit.ly...

To get our Newsletter emailed to you, if you receive the NZ Super or Veteran’s Pension, update your email in MyMSD here: my.msd.govt.nz...

If you do not receive either of these entitlements but you want to receive our Newsletter you can subscribe here: bit.ly...

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1666 days ago

Recycling at alert level 3

Simone Borgstede from Wellington City Council

Next Tuesday we transition to alert level 3, but there is no change to rubbish and recycling services at this point.
The safety of our waste staff and the public remain the priority. Following advice from the Ministry for the Environment, stockpiling your recycling is no longer recommended.
For … View more
Next Tuesday we transition to alert level 3, but there is no change to rubbish and recycling services at this point.
The safety of our waste staff and the public remain the priority. Following advice from the Ministry for the Environment, stockpiling your recycling is no longer recommended.
For more info about this and to answer all your questions check out our FAQs page: wgtn.cc...

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1658 days ago

Find your new favourite artworks online

The Team from Resene ColorShop Thorndon

For the first time in its history, this year will see the Auckland Art Fair go online. From 11am NZST on Thursday 30 April until Sunday 17 May, Artfair.co.nz will be hosting a Virtual Art Fair where you will discover more than 30 galleries from New Zealand and Australia displaying works that would … View moreFor the first time in its history, this year will see the Auckland Art Fair go online. From 11am NZST on Thursday 30 April until Sunday 17 May, Artfair.co.nz will be hosting a Virtual Art Fair where you will discover more than 30 galleries from New Zealand and Australia displaying works that would have otherwise been seen at the 2020 Auckland Art Fair.

The Virtual Art Fair is in recognition of the artists who have already made special works for the Auckland Art Fair that couldn’t happen, and the galleries who have supported them in doing so.

“It comes at a time of global uncertainty, when the importance of art, community and culture are especially apparent,” their team said in a recent statement.

The Auckland Art Fair is designed to be “a celebration – as best we can – of the talent and diversity of art making by artists from our region; not only across New Zealand and Australia, but also around the wider Pacific-rim. We hope that, wherever possible, some of these artists and galleries will be supported by someone buying a work of art.”

Browse, look, enquire and consider as you get to know new galleries and artists in support of contemporary culture at a time when the artists and galleries really need it.

Find out more at www.artfair.co.nz.

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1658 days ago

Major work ready to start on Mt Albert sludge pipeline repair

The Team from Wellington Water

A temporary speed hump installed in Adelaide Road today signals the start of major repair works on the Mt Albert high-pressure sludge pipelines, following the arrival in Wellington of a team of specialist international technicians and essential materials and equipment.

Wellington Water’s Manager… View more
A temporary speed hump installed in Adelaide Road today signals the start of major repair works on the Mt Albert high-pressure sludge pipelines, following the arrival in Wellington of a team of specialist international technicians and essential materials and equipment.

Wellington Water’s Manager Major Projects, Stephen Wright, says the temporary change is a final part of preparations for repairing the pipes and ending the sludge trucking operations, between Moa Point and the Southern Landfill, that were put in place to avoid any discharge of sludge into the sea after the pipelines failed.

“Bringing the specialist team and materials here from Germany during the global pandemic and our own lockdown has been a real challenge. We’re extremely grateful to the Government for granting the special permission necessary to bring them here so quickly.”

On arrival in the country, the technicians spent 14 days in quarantine in Auckland before travelling on to Wellington, where they arrived last night.

1658 days ago

surviving lockup

John from Wadestown

Today’s news had some prisoners in a New Zealand jail complaining that they’d been locked in their two-person cells for up to 23 hours a day. I fully empathise with them. As one of the community’s vulnerable I’ve been locked in my one-person cell for 24 hours a day for six weeks now.

For… View more
Today’s news had some prisoners in a New Zealand jail complaining that they’d been locked in their two-person cells for up to 23 hours a day. I fully empathise with them. As one of the community’s vulnerable I’ve been locked in my one-person cell for 24 hours a day for six weeks now.

For the vulnerable moving from Level 4 to Level 3 has made no difference, we’re still in lock down. The Government’s
Former Science Adviser, Professor Peter Gluckman, says effect of this virtual imprisonment is resulting in mental distress and the fear of suicides. If you’re in lockdown with your wife or partner at least you have some human contact, but if alone it’s hell.

The one saving grace is video contacts; the local church has just started virtual services using Zoom software. They had 25 on screen on Sunday. Yesterday I attended a University of the 3rd Age lecture and we had over four hundred faces to watch.

This seems to portend the future where our main contact will be via screen.

If you’ve visited Disneyland you will have experienced rides where a combination of sound vision and small movements in your seat can give the illusion that you are really are flying.

If we could extend audiovisual of virtual meetings to include feelies we might be able to hold virtual hands and even have virtual kisses. I'll stop there before I get carried away.

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