When preparing for extreme weather events, please follow the advice of Wellington Region Emergency Management Office and read through our local emergency response plan so that you are up to date on our emergency procedures.
As the school hall is currently out of operation (May 2026), our community hub will be at the RSA if required. Please stay at home if safe to do so. Clear drains, park cars away from trees and keep phones charged and jugs full.
Link to our Pukerua Bay Community Response Plan here.
The Residents Assn received the following from the developers of the Muri Rd Development who are concerned about the safety of some of the younger members of the community.
The owners, Pukerua Holdings, advise that youths recently were seen riding bikes through the pine forests within the Muri Rd Development.
This was potentially a very dangerous situation as they were in close proximity to tree logging operations and heavy machinery.
It appears they have been entering the site via neighbouring properties.
The land being developed for residential housing remains a construction site, whilst tree harvesting and earthworks operations continue.
Strictly NO access is permitted to the general public during this time.
Please remain vigilant to ensure the safety of your fellow neighbours, children, and the public.
Pukerua Bay Residents’ Association Inc Tuesday 10 March 2026, 7.30-9:00 pm RSA, 5 Wairaka Road
Attending: Pauline Morse, Margaret Blair, Jane Comben, Paul FitzGerald, James King, Moira, Gay, John, Daniel, Dorothy Ibrahim, Lisa Cowley, Kay Shapland, Daniel Jones (food waste), James King (PCC climate adaptation) Apologies: Judith Frost-Evans, Duncan Ridd, Becky resigned, Jonathan Harker Committee Changes: Becky has resigned from the Committee. The Committee thanks Becky for her support.
Porirua City Council invites any of us to provide feedback on options for the future of Spicer Landfill starting on Tuesday 24 February and closing on Wednesday 25 March.
The future of Spicer Landfill has to change because the consents to operate the landfill will expire in 2030.
Previously there have been discussions about extending the landfill. These plans are on hold as odour issues, location close to neighbours, environmental effects, geotechnical risk, and cultural impacts for Ngāti Toa Rangatira, mean new consents are unlikely to be granted.
Instead, we have identified four options for the future and would like to know what you think. As a very brief summary:
Option A is a public rubbish transfer station with no commercial trucks
Option B is a public rubbish transfer station that allows commercial trucks
Option C is a public rubbish transfer station that allows commercial trucks and clean fill disposal
Option D is to close Spicer Landfill in mid-2030.
Each of the different options will affect how much you pay to dump rubbish, your rates bill (if you are a Porirua ratepayer), the environment, and who can dump rubbish at Spicer.
The Pukerua Bay sign was severely damaged in August last year when it was struck by a car. The sign cannot be repaired and will be rebuilt. As an interim measure the site will be tidied up. Parts of the sign that can be removed will be taken and placed in safe storage until it is clear what will be done to restore the sign. So if someone has the PUKERUA portion of the sign in their safe storage please get in touch and it can be kept with the other pieces.
Investigations are underway on establishing the cost of replacing the sign and donations to fund this will be sought. If you are able to help with this, please make contact through pukeruabayresidents@gmail.com
Responding to requests from the wider Pukerua bay community, here are notes from the guest speaker portion of our latest AGM meeting.
Simon Barber, Pukerua Heights Residential Estate development manager for their current development off Muri Road.
Simon shared some slides of the Muri Road developments noting:
Silt retention ponds to collect runoff which will make room for the entrance once finished. 144 sites in 6 stages as the market dictates.
All the pine trees will be taken down.
Top of stage one – pine trees out, platform for first sites. SNA is fenced off to protect the trees there. Once upper area stabilised the proper access area will be put in.
Stage two the old woolshed and pine trees will be removed.
Even though it’s hilly sections are benched out for the houses.
When trees come down we grind the stumps and mulch the slash then use the mulch to stabilise the site and allow vegetation to grow through.
Area above the site there is 50 hectares of native bush that PCC says has ecological significance. We want to bring development to the edge of it so people can access that block.
Questions from the floor:
(Community questions in bold,Simon’s answers in italic)
