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Nominations Open for Porirua Sports Awards 2017
Friday, 1 September 2017, 12:40 pm | Porirua City Council
Nominations open for Porirua Sports Awards 2017 Calling all Porirua sportstars, sports teams and super coaches – nomination are open for the 2017 Porirua Sports Awards. The awards recognise, celebrate and reward sports people living in Porirua ... More >>
Porirua aims to cut landfill waste by a third
Thursday, 31 August 2017, 10:42 am | Porirua City Council
Porirua City and the other seven Councils in the Wellington region have a new joint plan aiming to reduce waste sent to landfills by a third over the next 10 years. The City Direction Committee today recommended the Council adopt the Wellington Region ... More >>
Project to restore and protect Porirua’s Camborne Walkway
Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 3:55 pm | Porirua City Council
Preparations are underway to restore and protect Porirua’s popular Camborne Walkway, which has been hit hard by coastal erosion. More >>
Trophy hits town
Wednesday, 23 August 2017, 4:17 pm | Porirua City Council
23 August 2017 Trophy hits town The Rugby League World Cup is coming to Porirua, giving locals the chance to see the trophy up close. More >>
Easy walking on newly upgraded Porirua walkway
Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 2:14 pm | Porirua City Council
The views are ka pai and the walking is easy on a newly upgraded walkway behind Ascot Park in Porirua. More >>
Porirua Mayor congratulates winning builders
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 4:17 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua Mayor Mike Tana has congratulated the five Porirua building companies named as winners at the Wellington and Wairarapa House of the Year 2017 awards over the weekend. More >>
Porirua project receives $2 million freshwater grant
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 10:30 am | Porirua City Council
A wetland project designed to improve the quality of water flowing into Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour and help address flooding has been given a $2 million boost by the Government. Environment Minister Nick Smith recently announced grants for freshwater improvement ... More >>
Porirua City gives nothing to racism
Monday, 7 August 2017, 2:22 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua City is taking a stand against racism in New Zealand by becoming the first city to endorse a new campaign to tackle casual racism. More >>
Community pull together to shelter Pāuatahanui school kids
Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 9:43 am | Porirua City Council
Pāuatahanui school kids no longer have to wait in the rain for a bus, with the opening of a new bus shelter in the village this week. It’s been a real partnership project that started when the local kids, who catch buses to primary schools and ... More >>
New weather station confirms warmer Porirua
Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 1:39 pm | Porirua City Council
New weather station confirms warmer Porirua It’s official - Porirua’s weather is warmer than we’ve been led to believe. The city’s new automatic weather station at Elsdon Park opened in in April. Prior to this our weather readings were taken ... More >>
Pataka Art+Museum - Kerry Ann Lee, 'Fruits in the Backwater'
Tuesday, 18 July 2017, 9:40 am | Porirua City Council
Artist, Kerry Ann Lee’s new body of work celebrates Aotearoa New Zealand as a remote archipelago and an imaginative site of possibility – a place where diverse citizens have a chance to grow roots deeper than they might in more densely populated ... More >>
Peruvian “living treasure” brings bold tapestry designs
Monday, 10 July 2017, 3:48 pm | Porirua City Council
Peruvian “living treasure” brings bold tapestry designs to Porirua The dramatic, boldly colourful tapestries of “mega star” Peruvian weaver Máximo Laura are coming to Pātaka in Porirua this month. Laura has been named one of Peru’s “Living ... More >>
Porirua Mayor calls for plastic bag levy
Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 4:37 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua Mayor Mike Tana is one of 42 New Zealand mayors calling on central government to impose a compulsory charge on plastic bags and is encouraging the Porirua community to get behind the issue. Mayor Tana has signed an open letter to Associate Environment ... More >>
Civic Awards for Porirua Volunteers
Friday, 30 June 2017, 9:28 am | Porirua City Council
Six Porirua volunteers have been recognised for their outstanding service to the people of Porirua City. More >>
Porirua City adopts Annual Plan 2017/18
Thursday, 29 June 2017, 9:37 am | Porirua City Council
Porirua City Council adopted its Annual Plan last night with a ‘steady as she goes’ budget for 2017/18. “As a new council we've taken a careful approach - ensuring what was on the work programme continues and deferring big ticket items ... More >>
Michael King sculpture to be unveiled
Thursday, 22 June 2017, 12:02 pm | Porirua City Council
A commemorative sculpture celebrating historian, author and biographer Michael King, OBE, will be unveiled on the Porirua waterfront on Saturday 1 July 2017 at 8am. All are welcome to attend the unveiling, which will take place on the Wineera Drive waterfront ... More >>
Council considers feedback on Porirua’s Annual Plan
Friday, 9 June 2017, 1:13 pm | Porirua City Council
The Council agreed an average rate increase of 4.5% and this, along with the other decisions agreed yesterday, will go into the final Annual Plan 2017-18 for adoption on 28 June 2017. “The Council consulted on a rates increase of 4.9% and have worked ... More >>
Residents to have their say on how Porirua dogs are managed
Thursday, 1 June 2017, 11:22 am | Porirua City Council
The rules around how we manage Porirua dogs are being reviewed and we’re asking residents what they think of the proposed changes. At the same time, we’ll be asking whether Porirua needs a fenced dog park. The City Delivery Committee today accepted ... More >>
Porirua Arbor Day – help beautify Spicer Botanical Forest
Wednesday, 24 May 2017, 10:08 am | Porirua City Council
Kathryn Hurr is making the world a better place one tree at a time and you’re invited to join her for an Arbor Day planting at Spicer Botanical Park in Porirua on Saturday 3 June. More >>
New site for Aotea Lagoon’s splash pad
Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 12:04 pm | Porirua City Council
Porirua’s new splash pad is to be developed on Aotea Lagoon’s northern No. 1 lawn in time for summer. More >>
