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Recycling Medicinal Blister Packs

The blister pack recycling started out as a trial – and it has grown to a significant volume each month. Unfortunately the boxes that we send them off in, are very expensive – $433 for a box which is 28cm … Continue reading

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Processing Cartons into SafeBoard

Want to see what happens to all the food and beverage cartons that we collect each month? There is a nice short reel on our facebook page that captures the complete process from chipped packs to completed sheets of safeboard. … Continue reading

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What happens to the blister packs

I get asked what actually happens to the blister packs, and why is it so expensive to process. The expense is because the blister packs are sent to Australia for processing, and it is an expensive process. The value of … Continue reading

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Cogo’s Upgrade Tool

Ngaio Climate Crew have partnered with Cogo to bring you their energy upgrade tool, which calculates savings that you may make by upgrading your home or car. For your home -enter your address and base information is automatically added from … Continue reading

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Tarikākā Community Orchard – Working Bee

It’s local Food Week in Pōneke – starting on Sunday and Ngaio Climate Crew are joining in by hosting a Working Bee at Tarikākā Orchard from 10-12 on Sunday the 1st. Come bring some tools and join us! – and … Continue reading

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Recycling for 2026 – Starts next Saturday

Saturday 7 February 2026 will be our first recycling day of the year – 10am to noon at Ngaio Union Church, Crofton Road. Below is a refresher on the items that we collect, and a couple of reminders to make … Continue reading

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Recycling Schedule for 2026

Each month this year at our recycling collections, we will also have a collection of other items that we will collect. We don’t collect these items each month to make management of the programme more simple, and make our drop … Continue reading

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Te Toi Mahana – Affordable Housing Crofton Downs.

Te Toi Mahana have a resource consent application with Wellington City Council to replace existing flats at 2 Thatcher Cr with 23 affordable housing units. These will comprise one block of 2 double bedroom units, and one block of 21 … Continue reading

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Emergency Response Practice for Ngaio &Crofton Downs

The WREMO information page, with a link to register through Eventfinder is here The event is on our website – https://www.wremo.nz/news-and-events/calendar/ngaio-emergency-response-practice/

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Local Planting Guided Walk

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