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‘Greening your garden – welcoming nature at your place’

Join Ngaio Union Church and the Ngaio Crofton Downs Residents Association as we welcome Tim Park and members of the Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush team for a practical, all-age, workshop: ‘Greening your garden –welcoming nature at your place’ Saturday 5th November, 10.30-11.30amat … Continue reading

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Ngaio Crofton Downs Photo Competition

It is time again for our annual photo competition, which we tie in with the AGM. We are very lucky to have photographer Colin McDiarmid (http://www.colin.co.nz/) as our judge again this year. The categories for 2022 have been agreed – … Continue reading

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Ngaio Repair Cafe

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Meet the candidates for Wharangi/ Onslow Western

We are holding a public meeting to meet the candidates who are standing as a Wellington City Councillor for our ward – Wharangi/ Onslow Western. The meeting will be held in the Ngaio Town Hall 1 Ottawa Road, from 7.30pm … Continue reading

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Ngaio is about to get a Repair Café!

A Repair Café, staffed by volunteers, is a place to take a broken household item with the hope than it can be fixed and have a coffee and a chat while you are there. A Repair Café can cope with: … Continue reading

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August recycling – This month, coffee capsules

Saturday 6 August is when the recycling day next comes around again. This month we will be accepting selected coffee capsules (see below) which we will send off to the manufacturers recycling programme. Please ensure they are seperated into the … Continue reading

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Wellington Council: Update on the Golden Mile Project

The Council is now asking for feedback on their detailed designs for the Golden Mile The improvements will change the way the Golden Mile will look, feel, and work for Wellingtonians, so it’s important everyone is familiar with the design. … Continue reading

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District Plan Changes that affect us

At its 23 June meeting when it approved the District Plan that will be notified, the Planning and Environment Committee voted in two changes which are both significant for Ngaio and Crofton Downs. SNA’s The good news is that SNAs … Continue reading

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Cycleways to Ngaio

You may be aware25 of Paneke Pōneke – the bike network plan for Wellington. The plan guides the development of our cycle network and explains the approach, strategic rationale and how Wellington City Council will work with the community to … Continue reading

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WCC Glass Collections

This information has been recieved from Wellington City Council – glass collections are again on hold. “Unfortunately, our waste collection contractors are once again operating at reduced capacity due to COVID-19. As a result, glass collections will be put on … Continue reading

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