Ngaio Crofton Downs Residents Association

Its the first Saturday of April this weekend, so we will be collecting recycling again at Ngaio Union Church, from 10.00am to noon.

This collection we will also be collecting Ewaste, so a good chance to get your old devices into recycling. E waste includes small and medium devices and appliances, but does not include TVs and monitors.

If anyone has cardboard boxes that you want to get rid of, with sides of around half a metre, we will be taking them also this weekend. I find them very handy for dropping off our collection at the Sustainability Trust – but am in short supply at the moment

Most people seem to have the hang of how this operates, but if you need a refresher on what we collect, here is the post to read: – Ngaio Crofton Downs Residents Association — Recycling.

Join us for an afternoon of fun, games, live entertainment, refreshments and raffles!

Pick up a free goody bag for the kids, check out our local stall holders, play a game to win a prize, pack a picnic or grab a sausage, and settle in for an afternoon of connection, celebration and community.

There is a lot of talk at the moment about the number of water leaks around our City, and how long it takes some times to get them fixed.

We thought our readers might be interested in this dashboard from Wellington Water – which shows the size of the problem and status of the repair programme.

882 leaks fixed in February – is very impressive and shows the amount of work involved.

And if you want to know the current status of the network, or see whats happening in your area – here is another helpful Wellington Water link – http://See whats happening in your area.

The Khandallah pool is used by many of our residents, and the possible closure is an issue that we know many of our members have strong feelings about. We are therefore alerting members to the Khandallah pool petition that is running on the WCC website, through to 24 Apri at this link Khandallah Pool Petition. This is not an encouragement to sign – that is your decision, but ensurance that our readers are informed.

The description of the petition states “The summer pool is a treasured part of the northern suburbs, well loved by generations of families and their children. Sure it is a bit tired, showing the effects of no investment for over fifty years, but permanent closure is not the answer!  We recognise things are tight for Council, but we don’t want a brand new pool, just to save the existing facility from closure so that the next generation of children can enjoy its unique experience. While other facilities across the city were being invested in and upgraded, the Khandallah Summer Pool has suffered from a lack of any investment for over fifty years.  There is no similar outdoor pool facility across the northern parts of the city where children and teenagers can hang out over the summer holidays in a safe, active environment. Once closed, it is lost to the city forever”.

Its the first Saturday of the month this weekend, so we will be collecting recycling again at Ngaio Union Church, from 10.00am to noon.

Most people seem to have the hang of how this operates, but if you need a refresher on what we collect, here is the post to read: – Ngaio Crofton Downs Residents Association — Recycling.

Register now for Zero Together and help create a better future for the people and places we love!

Zero Together is a series of interactive workshops provided by Wellington City Council for Wellingtonians who want to make a difference.

Led by a community facilitator, you’ll look at transport, energy use, waste, food, shopping habits and more. Come join us for five weeks of exploring practical and effective actions, sharing experiences, and being inspired by the community around you.

A new course is starting in Ngaio on Thursday 28 February. Sign up now join other motivated locals, exploring new ideas, sharing experiences, and being inspired to reduce the carbon emissions from our everyday lives. Together, we can make a difference.

Registration links and more information are at www.wcc.govt.nz/zerotogether

The Wellington District Plan is a very important document for our city – it will guide how the city develops over the coming years. Council officers have now started presenting the Independent Hearing Panel’s recommendations to Council at five briefings from 7 February, so we want our members to know this is happening and where to get more information..

The recommendations came from hearings, which ran over 36 days in 2023, at which 144 submitters took the opportunity to provide verbal submissions and supporting evidence relating to their written submissions. Experts also presented evidence on matters including planning, urban design, transport, heritage, economics, natural hazards, noise and wind.

The report for the first briefing on Wednesday 7 Feb is available here. The rest of the reports will be made available when the agendas are published a week prior to the briefings. All briefings will be livestreamed on YouTube, and will also be recorded and available on YouTube here

The Council will then meet on 14 March to make their decisions on the Independent Hearing Panel’s recommendations.

More detailed information on the PDP including the decision making process and schedule of hearings is available on the PDP website.

If you have any questions you should email WCC at districtplan@wcc.got.nz.

Saturday 3 February 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 requests to make the programme more enjoyable for the volunteers:

How to recycle with us

1. If your recycling can go in the roadside collection – please use that.
2. From time to time we pick up recycling that is left at the church door. That is fine if you are unable to get to the hall during our recycling hours, but only leave there on Saturday morning, make sure it is secure (will not blow away), and that items are separated so we can tip them straight into our collection buckets.
3. Please separate the plastic lids into type 2 and type 5. Anything not marked, or other numbers will not be accepted for recycling
4. Tetrapaks have turned into our biggest collection by volume – please make sure they are clean and dry, and if possible slit open and laid flat
5. These instructions are to help everyone – recycling is not just throwing out rubbish – following these simple instructions means less work for our volunteers and makes life more pleasant (there have been  some nasty surprises amongst the tetrapaks!)

What we take each month includes:

• Plastic lids type 2. These lids must be marked with the type 2 recycling symbol.
• Plastic lids type 5. These lids must be marked with the type 5 recycling symbol.
• Metal Lids etc –including for eg Crown caps, metal screw tops, sparkling wine wires, metal jar lids, ring-pull caps.
• Household and hearing aid batteries.
• Oral care products and packaging from Colgate (is sent back to Colgate). Does not include electric toothbrush heads).
• Curtains – must be mould free so they can be re-purposed.
• Wool – balls of wool which Crafty Volunteers, can use in their knitting for charity.
• Rubber bands from delivered The Posts – which are returned to The Post

Additional Collections

Each month we have one additional collection so plan ahead for these collections for the rest of the year. The February collection will be of other small metal items. To see the complete schedule for 2024, follow this link – Recycling Schedule for 2024:

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 off to the recycling stations more efficient.

Below are the additional items that we will be collecting each month, and the dates (first Saturday each month):