Jonathan Harker

Web secretary, Pukrerua Bay Residents' Association

Greedy & Co. in the Porirua Choctober Fest

/ By / Event, Recreation

Porirua and Whitaker’s Chocolate are throwing a Choctober Fest: cafés throughout Porirua for the whole month of October will be using Whitaker’s chocolate to create their own unique beverages and baked goods! The Pukerua Bay café are participating, Greedy & Co. at 98 Rawhiti Road (Tue-Fri 8am-1pm, Sat 9am-1pm). Their entries will be:

Raspberry gateau hot chocolate: A velvety, creamy hot chocolate with a raspberry twist, topped with whipped cream.

White Chocolate Cheesecake Brownie: a rich, decadent chocolate brownie topped with a creamy white chocolate cheesecake and berry swirl.

For more information, see the Porirua Choctober Fest site, or follow it on Facebook

Local Government 2022 election candidates

/ By / Elections, Meeting

It’s that time where we all vote for who represents us on our local government bodies (Porirua City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council), and who serves as mayor of Porirua city. The election runs from 16 September to 8 October; more about voting is available at the Electoral Commission’s Vote NZ site.

Pukerua Bay “Meet the Candidates” public meeting

Date: 7 pm, Wednesday 14 September (ical)
Venue: Pukerua Bay School and Community Hall (map)

Come and find out what your candidates are about, and grill them with your pointed questions. We’re asking candidates for information relevant to Pukerua Bay, and putting together responses as they come to hand on our election page, “2022 Local Government Election”. More information on the Porirua City Council candidates is available on the Porirua City Council “Candidates for Election” page.

State Highway 59 closed to Paekākāriki

/ By / Announcements, Road safety

State Highway 59 is closed between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki due to a slip at Arlie Road. Crews are also on-site dealing with fallen trees at Motuhara Road in Plimmerton and around Grays Road. High tide is at 2pm, and there is more rain forecast, Porirua City Council advises drivers to please take extra care and report any issues via the Antenno app (Android, Apple), or phone 04 237 5089.

Pruning and Tool Care Workshop

/ By / Community Garden /

Hi Gardeners,
The Pukerua Bay Community Garden and Food Forest team presents:

Pruning and Tool Care Workshop
Date: Saturday 13 August, 10am – 12 noon (ical)
Venue: Pukerua Bay Community Garden, Muri Road, by Old Muri Station (map)

PRUNING

Hannah Swartz will be demonstrating winter pruning care for our fruit trees.
Thanks to NZ Organic Garden magazine for their donation to host this event.

TOOLS

Hannah will also talk about care and maintenance of your garden tools. We are lucky to have two local experts that will help you with any of your tools you bring along. We are asking for a Koha to the garden for this service.

FOR SALE

Our seeds will be available for you to purchase (with cash).

As always, everyone is welcome and we look forward to seeing you in the garden (weather permitting!)

Slips have closed SH59 (SH1), Paekakariki Hill Road, Pukerua Beach Road

/ By / Announcements, Road safety

Large slips today (16 December) have closed BOTH the main road SH59 (SH1 until T Gully opens) north of Pukerua Bay AND the Paekakariki Hill road. Note that the only way north is via SH2 through the Hutt Valley. Please take care and consider delaying your journey.

Slips have ALSO closed Pukerua Beach Road, and PCC engineers are assessing the site.

Waka Kotahi traffic updates:

Kōrero newsletter issue 5 is out now

/ By / Newsletter
Front cover of issue 5 of the Kōrero newsletter

Just in time for the holiday season, your Christmas bumper issue of our Kōrero community newsletter should have appeared in residents letterboxes by now. See the Kōrero newsletter page for the December editorial, links to PDF downloads of the current issue and all back issues, and information about contributing.

We’d love to hear from you for the first 2022 issue in February next year – the theme will be “gratitude”. Please email newsletter@pukeruabay.org.nz by 11 January 2022 if you would like to contribute a story, photo, upcoming event, poem or other item, or you’d like to sponsor us, place an advert, or list in our business directory.