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Crucial city report on recycling postponed
PICTURE: The sorting and baling centre at Allbrites in Seaview, Lower Hutt. A REPORT on the future of recycling in Wellington city has been postponed until February next year. Originally due this...
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Festival renewed after decade of bad weather
LINED UP: Members of a young Indonesian dance troupe perform at the Belmont Spring Festival. TYPICAL Hutt weather constantly postponed the Belmont Spring Festival in recent years, but grey skies didn’t...
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Painting the town red – and green, and blue
NAENAE locals have taken to run-down buildings and eye-sores with paintbrushes for a second year – and finished in time to watch the rugby. The Big Splash event, held on a pristine Saturday morning,...
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Quake issues not helping dribbling fountain’s doubtful future
THE DOWSE Square has been prettied up, but the old fountain across the road is still dribbling forlornly, and now may be an earthquake risk. Recently announced earthquake strengthening of the council...
View ArticleHutt – a perfect place to grow veges
HUTT VALLEY is a great area to start a vege patch because of its good soil. The City Council wants to encourage locals to put in vegetable gardens this spring and spokesperson Jeremy Partridge says...
View ArticleNZ’s largest pet expo rolls into town
THOUSANDS OF animals will be invading Upper Hutt this weekend, when New Zealand’s largest pet show rolls into town. The Royal Canin expo is the most popular pet show in the country, with hundreds of...
View ArticleHutt’s property market follows sluggish trend
HUTT VALLEY’S property market is following the sluggish trend of the rest of the Wellington region. Property values across the wider Wellington area are down five-point-one percent from their peak...
View ArticleRoad works start soon on Petone’s esplanade
CONGESTION ON the Petone foreshore could be a thing of the past, if new roading improvements are successful. The Hutt City Council is planning to take out parking, and add another lane to parts of the...
View ArticleGuerillas turn to flower power
GUERILLA TACTICS are being employed by greenies in the Upper Hutt and Wairarapa, in order to spread a cheerful message this spring Flower seeds rolled in organic compost and clay make up little “Happy...
View ArticleRailway union decries sale of railway workshop
A RAILWAY union spokesperson says the Government’s decision to sell Hillside Rail workshop shows it doesn’t care about the manufacturing workforce. Organiser John Kerr says the recent decision to sell...
View ArticleCompulsory savings scheme gets mixed reception
A MIXED reaction to Labour’s plans to introduce compulsory savings schemes at the meet the candidates meeting in Maungaraki Tuesday. Holly Walker campaigning for the Greens says that lower income...
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Eastern Hutt School readies for 100th birthday
EASTERN Hutt School will be holding celebrations to mark its 100th birthday in October. The Labour weekend event will include an official cake cutting by former student Eileen Smeaton, who turned 100...
View ArticleMayor gives Hutt school kids top tsunami marks
A year on from the Kaikoura earthquake and practice evacuations are being held across the Wellington region. Organised by the Wellington Region Emergency Management Office, schools, businesses and...
View ArticleLocals win battle to save Hutt valley park
Plans to turn a Hutt Valley park into housing have been shelved. Fears of flooding and community submissions have stopped a proposed housing development in its tracks. The Hutt City Council had...
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