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New Services Area Opens At Whenua Tapu
Monday, 10 August 2020, 11:01 am | Porirua City Council
Fallen soldiers will have a new resting place at Whenua Tapu. A new Services section was unveiled at the Porirua cemetery, near Pukerua Bay, on 8 August by Porirua Mayor Anita Baker, joining representatives from Veterans Affairs, the RSA, Ngāti Toa, ... More >>
Porirua Businesses Up For Gold Awards
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 12:08 pm | Porirua City Council
Convex Accounting Ltd and AgriNova NZ showed off their durability and resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Porirua businesses were last week announced as finalists for the Wellington Gold Awards. The awards aim to highlight the contribution ... More >>
Public Help Sought To Honour Porirua War Veterans
Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 10:56 am | Porirua City Council
Porirua Cemetery will soon have a memorial identifying all the war veterans buried there, but the public’s input is wanted to ensure everyone is accounted for. With the help of war historian Allan Dodson, the soldiers' names will be listed on pillars ... More >>
Porirua City Council Maintains AA Credit Rating
Wednesday, 22 July 2020, 10:16 am | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council continues to maintain its AA credit rating with Standard & Poors. Council Chief Executive Wendy Walker says the Standard & Poors report, released this week, is positive overall while acknowledging Porirua’s revenue will ... More >>
Porirua Business On Show At Free Expo
Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 3:02 pm | Porirua City Council
Local businesses will showcase their wide range of goods and services at Porirua's first ever Love Local Expo - and best of all it’s free for exhibitors and visitors. The expo is at Te Rauparaha Arena, from 10am to 4pm, on 15 August. Porirua Mayor ... More >>
Cabinets To Get Colour After Chorus And Council Collaboration
Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 10:30 am | Porirua City Council
Local artists have the chance to put their stamp on Porirua’s neighbourhoods, as Chorus further extends its cabinet art programme. Beginning in 2010, the Chorus programme has proved successful around the country, decreasing the frequency of tagging ... More >>
A Matariki To Remember In Porirua This Year
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 11:06 am | Porirua City Council
This year’s Matariki celebrations in Porirua are the perfect chance to gather and reconnect after challenging times. Matariki, also known as the Pleiades, signals the start of the Māori New Year. The reappearance of the cluster of seven stars ... More >>
Porirua City Sets Annual Plan
Friday, 26 June 2020, 3:12 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council has set its budget for the coming year, with an Annual Plan significantly impacted by Covid-19. The Annual Plan 2020/21 was adopted by the Council at its meeting on 24 June, confirming a lower rate increase than previously agreed, ... More >>
Planting Resumes In Porirua
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 4:21 pm | Porirua City Council
More than 25,000 plants will be put in the ground around Porirua’s streams, wetlands and harbour this year, as a big restoration and protection programme resumes. After the country has moved back down through the alert levels and business-as-usual work ... More >>
Porirua’s Covid-19 Helpline Transition Will Go Live Today
Friday, 5 June 2020, 3:40 pm | Porirua City Council
During the Covid-19 lockdown period Porirua residents who were struggling and on their own could call an emergency helpline to get assistance from the Porirua City Council. This helpline will no longer be available from 5pm today (Friday, 5 June), ... More >>
New Wetland And Improved Pipe System To Reduce Flooding In Porirua
Friday, 5 June 2020, 9:58 am | Porirua City Council
Work to increase the resilience and capacity of the stormwater network and create a new wetland to improve drainage and the quality of stormwater running into Porirua Harbour is under way in Porirua. "This first phase of work will improve the ... More >>
Borrowing Books And Children’s Story Time Have A Future Online
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 4:31 pm | Porirua City Council
The libraries may have been closed in April and May, but Porirua residents’ voracious appetite for reading did not wane. All the branch libraries re-opened when the country hit Alert Level 2, following a lockdown period that meant all Council facilities ... More >>
Hub Created To Help Porirua Businesses
Friday, 22 May 2020, 11:38 am | Porirua City Council
Businesses are facing tough times and real challenges due to Covid-19, and Porirua City Council has a place to go to find out about the support that is available. On a page within the Council website, there is a hub with are links to Government grants, ... More >>
Busiest Pedestrian Street In Porirua Made Safer Through Waka Kotahi Fund
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 3:02 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council has been given $48,000 from the Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Innovating Streets fund to temporarily widen footpaths linking Porirua Railway Station with the city centre. Council Traffic and Road Safety Engineer Luke Benner says the ... More >>
Support For Porirua Sports Groups
Friday, 15 May 2020, 3:22 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council is waiving fees and charges for Porirua sports clubs and freezing them next year to help clubs bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic. "We acknowledge that sports clubs have not been able to use our facilities during the lockdown period ... More >>
Residential Rates Deferral Scheme For Porirua
Thursday, 14 May 2020, 3:03 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council is helping residents facing financial hardship by giving up to six months more for them to pay their rates in a rates deferral scheme "We know that many people are struggling financially because of the Covid-19 pandemic," ... More >>
Porirua City Council Wins National Award For Bringing Tamariki And Rangatahi To The Fore
Friday, 8 May 2020, 4:05 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council's youth-centred approach to long-term planning has been endorsed at the national level, with a major honour awarded today, 8 May 2020. From a large number of other councils' entries from across New Zealand, Porirua City Council won ... More >>
Proposal To Boost Porirua City’s Business Sector Recovery
Friday, 8 May 2020, 2:10 pm | Porirua City Council
To help boost recovery of the city’s economy and local business sector, Porirua City is proposing an option for commercial ratepayers to defer paying their 2020/21 commercial property rates, then pay them back over three years. Council’s Te Puna ... More >>
Council To Use Streamlined Planning Process For Proposed Plimmerton Farm Plan Change
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 1:59 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council has been given the go ahead from the Minister for the Environment to use the Streamlined Planning Process (SPP) to change its operative District Plan to rezone land for residential development at Plimmerton Farm. The proposed Plimmerton ... More >>
Cannons Creek Pool To Have Refresh
Friday, 1 May 2020, 9:28 am | Porirua City Council
Cannons Creek Pool will have its two-yearly maintenance work carried out now. While the Council-run facility is shut down due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Recreation Manager Glenn Quintal says it is the perfect time to carry out the task. The facility will ... More >>
