YOUR COUNCIL NEWS, EVENTS AND INFORMATION 28 OCTOBER – 24 NOVEMBER 2014
ACCESS AND EXCELLENCE: WELCOME TO THE DOWSE Hutt City boasts a wealth of community assets such as public swimming pools, parks and gardens and well-resourced libraries. Amongst these civic assets The Dowse Art Museum is often referred to as the ‘jewel in the crown’. With close to 200 000 visitors a year, Every year, The Dowse hosts 8500 Person of interest The Dowse is well known as a great primary and secondary school students “One of the artists featured in our recent free destination for visitors to the city through its Ministry of Education-funded exhibition, Wunderru-ma: New Zealand and for locals alike. It is a place where education programmes. Last year, it Jewellery, the largest exhibition of friends can meet, families can visit and received a 100 per cent satisfaction New Zealand jewellery to ever travel everyone can enjoy art and culture on rating from the teachers on these trips. to Europe, is Moniek Schrijier, a recent their doorstep. “We know these visits do more than graduate from Whitireia Polytech in MAKING ART Hutt City Councillor Tui Lewis says the introduce children to the wonders of art, Porirua. Moniek grew up in Naenae VISITS HAPPEN quality of civic amenities is paramount and their own creativity. They also make and visited The Dowse after school – to the council’s emphasis on the Hutt The Dowse part of their world, a place not because a teacher made her, but TAITA CENTRAL SCHOOL Valley being a great place to work, live where they are welcome and belong,” because it was here, and she was 2013 No visits and play. “Being a city whose residents Courtney says. interested, and she could. Ten years participate in their community and feel ago, an exhibition truly captured her 2014 350 students (12 classes connected are important measures Get on board the bus imagination, and it sowed the seed for visited) of our city’s success. The Hutt Valley her chosen career path as a jeweller. While the museum’s programmes are 175 students (six classes was built on the premise of an optimal Now touted as the ‘the one to watch’ free, it is increasingly difficult for schools had outreach visits) lifestyle and we are extremely grateful in contemporary jewellery, it is thrilling to organise sufficient parents to drive for the foresight of those before us to to me to know that the access we are Nine bus trips kids to and from The Dowse, or ask have civic assets like The Dowse free committed to providing made such a already under-pressure families to help to be enjoyed by everyone.” difference to someone’s life”. DYER STREET SCHOOL pay for a chartered bus. Lower decile 2013 No visits Positioning The Dowse as a relevant, and more distant schools were missing The Dowse has commissioned a full- valued and supported civic asset and out as a result. gallery work by Moniek, her biggest 2014 79 students (three classes maintaining and growing its national opportunity to date, as part of Solo visited) The Dowse has set out to change this, significance in the New Zealand arts and 2014, a programme of new work by five with the generous help of local art school Two bus trips cultural landscape are top of the list of Wellington artists now showing at The The Learning Connexion, that offers their priorities for the director of The Dowse, Dowse. Courtney continues, “In this NAENAE INTERMEDIATE student bus at a discounted rate. With Courtney Johnston. They are priorities way, I know we are going to be part of donations from Steel and Tube and The 2013 No visits she says that can be summed up by Moniek’s journey towards excellence”. Rotary Club of Hutt Valley this year they two words: access and excellence. 2014 28 students (one class have been able to subsidise a number Moneik says The Dowse broadened visited) Courtney believes to be a truly valuable of schools, mostly in the northern and her artistic horizons and “planted the had not been civic asset, the museum needs the eastern suburbs, to visit the museum. seed of the possible. To be able to 98 per cent to The Dowse before community – adults and children – to Taita Central, for example, has gone give something back and take part as know it. If you don’t know it, you can’t from a once-every-two-years visitor an artist in Solo 2014 is an exhilarating RATA STREET SCHOOL like or love it, or ultimately, stand up and to a school that has had over 20 class experience and it makes one truly 2014 47 students (four classes support it, she says. visits already this year. grateful.” visited) 150 students (eight classes had outreach visits) Two bus trips EPUNI PRIMARY SCHOOL 2014 90 students (four classes visited) 90 students (four classes had outreach visits) Two bus trips
In 2014 there have been 16 separate school bus trips to The Dowse. 595 children benefitted from the free bus.
OUR HUTT CITY, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY huttcity.govt.nz STUDENTS TO VISIT TEMPE, ARIZONA Every year four Hutt City year 11 or 12 students are selected to visit Tempe, Arizona as part of a Sister City exchange.
The Hutt City students host a visiting student here for five weeks, and then travel to Tempe for five weeks themselves. WANT TO Mayor Ray Wallace says, “Lower Hutt City and Tempe City have been Sister Cities for LIVE A MORE more than 30 years. Over this time many wonderful people from Tempe have visited SUSTAINABLE our city and I am thrilled to welcome more. LIFESTYLE? This education exchange is a valuable basis for our cities’ enduring relationship.” The Sustainable Living Centre, in the old Post Office building on To be selected to go to Tempe, students High Street, has been set up as a are required to attend a speech night place for workshops and displays where they talk about themselves and aimed at encouraging sustainable are interviewed by a panel of people L to R: Courtney- Lee Butcher, Abbie Gordon, Victoria Scott, Kaisarina (Kass) Donaghie living. The centre is run mostly involved with the Hutt Sister City by volunteers as an About Space Foundation. the four Tempe students around the Hutt High School) and Victoria Scott and Courtney- initiative, a scheme aimed at Valley and New Zealand. Lee Butcher (Hutt Valley High School). bringing people to our city centre The students must also fundraise over and make it more vibrant. $10 000 to cover return airfares to the The four local students are Kaisarina (Kass) United States and to be able to show Donaghie and Abbie Gordon (Wainuiomata Koha Café is run every Tuesday 10am-2pm. Just bring in some baking to share or enjoy what’s TAKE CARE WHEN DISPOSING LIQUID WASTE already there for a small donation. Find a list of workshops online at: Council’s Trade Waste team would • Talk to your local fish and chip store or Transitiontowns.org.nz/lowerhutt restaurant who might let you put it in or facebook.com/ttlowerhutt like to remind people not to put any their oil drum. liquids, paints or fats into wheelie If you’re keen to volunteer or • Used cooking oil can also be composted. would like to know more bins or council rubbish bags. contact Juanita McKenzie Creating bio-fuel Here’s what you can do: of Transition Towns on Oil can sometimes be recycled and [email protected] Getting rid of paint converted into bio-fuel. Store used oil in a WANT TO KNOW or pop into the centre at 151 High container and donate it to a local company • Take unwanted paints to Resene for Street, Lower Hutt, Open: 10am- or individual that coverts vegetable oil recycling or to the recycling centre at HOW YOUR HOME 3pm Tuesday – Saturday. into bio-fuel. Ring one of the liquid waste the landfill. companies and have a chat IS PERFORMING? • Leave paint to dry and harden in the tin to learn more. then throw out the tin. Our Eco Design Advisor provides • Store paint safely until Council’s Never down the drain FREE advice to Hutt City residents on: next free Hazardous Waste Collection. • Vegetable oil is not soluble and can cause blockages and clogging in plumbing. Disposing of cooking oil • Heating and cooling your home • Only rainwater should go down storm efficiently • Try to use as little oil as possible and water drains or street side gutters. • Saving money on energy bills and wipe down pans with paper towels. Check with the Council if you are use of energy efficient appliances • Allow large amounts to cool completely unsure. • Tapping into rainwater and using then decide whether it needs to be kinder building materials. discarded. If it goes hard you can scrape it into the bin. If not, strain the cooled oil Make an appointment by contacting DEFIBRILLATORS into a clean, sealable plastic container Sarah Firth on 570 6927, and reuse it. E: [email protected] SAVE LIVES • Take large amounts of oil to the or use our online booking form on local landfill or speak to your rubbish huttcity.govt.nz/eco-design-visit Council has installed new collection provider. defibrillators at eight of the city’s libraries and renewed existing ones at all city pools.
CLEAN UP WEEK A BIG SUCCESS The defibrillator at War Memorial Library Despite the weather, 22 schools and 14 If you’re interested in organising a was used recently when a customer had volunteer groups participated in clean-up community clean-up during the year a medical emergency. Quick-thinking and events around the city for Keep Hutt City contact Alan Pope, Environmental calm staff followed the process in place Beautiful Week. Inspections Officer on 570 6666 or to successfully help their customer until [email protected] an ambulance arrived. Ambulance staff Councillor Margaret Willard joined The returned later to let them know what a Warehouse in Wainuiomata that organised NOTE: great job they’d done. a clean-up at Hugh Sinclair Park. The annual Dive HQ clean-up was postponed because of the dive Some of the old defibrillators that “It was good to see families working conditions. Plans are in place for were still in working condition have together towards a tidier community; the a clean-up at Petone beach later in been donated to Taita College, St children worked really hard,” Councillor Bernards College, Randwick School Councillor Margaret Willard with The Warehouse the year. Wainuiomata volunteers at Hugh Sinclair Park Willard says. and Wainuiomata High School.
OUR HUTT CITY, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HUTT CBD GETS FESTIVE, KIWI STYLE Hutt City is gearing up for Christmas with a recycled and naturally-crafted Christmas tree exhibition that people can contribute to, and a number of other fun activities. RETREE FESTIVAL WHAT’S ON CALLING FOR ENTRIES ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT Hutt City Council has teamed up with Te Omanga Hospice to bring ReTree POWER BILLS Festival 2014, the first Recycled 10am-12pm | Thursday 30 October Christmas Tree exhibition, to the region. Taita Community Library | FREE Entries are now open to artists, crafters, The Electricity and Gas Complaints children, outside-the-box thinkers and Commissioner Scheme is a free and anyone with a passion for recycling, independent service for resolving Christmas or both. There are recycled complaints about electricity and gas companies. They’re visiting Taita Library and naturally-crafted categories and a to help you read your power contract or section for schools too. The Christmas bill, answer questions, and assist with trees will be exhibited in the CBD complaints. The children’s book Twelve Days of Kiwi Christmas is the theme to festivities in the Hutt CBD. throughout December and will raise library.huttcity.govt.nz money for Te Omanga Hospice. STARJAM DRUMMING CBD CELEBRATES THE To register go to huttcity.govt.nz/ReTree ARE YOU ODD TWELVE DAYS OF KIWI WORKSHOP OR EVEN? 6.45-8pm | Tuesday 4 November CHRISTMAS St Augustine’s Church SUMMER WATERING 12 Britannia Street, Lower Hutt | FREE The children’s book, The Twelve Days of StarJam is an award-winning super-charity Kiwi Christmas by Myles Lawford will RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE providing performance opportunities for be the theme for an Art Trail created Watering restrictions are now young people with disabilities. It accepts by artists at The Learning Connexion. active in Hutt City as well as and seeks young people of all abilities There will also be fun activities aged between 6-25. All of itsworkshops Porirua, and Wellington. The three based on the book such as a Street feature games and activities enjoyable cities join Upper Hutt, where Chalk Art workshop, music and kids’ for all levels. there are year-round restrictions entertainment on Andrews Avenue. [email protected] in place. Look out for details in Hutt News and huttcity.govt.nz in November. As the weather starts to improve, SPOTLIGHT ON SEAVIEW the demand on water increases. 10am-3pm | Sunday 9 November For more information contact Cyndi These restrictions help to manage Information Hub, 43 Seaview Road, Christensen, CBD Development that demand and promote Seaview, Lower Hutt | FREE Manager on 570 6666 or email watering at cooler times of the day. [email protected] Spotlight on Seaview is an Industry If everyone waters wisely it can Open Day that will include free site help to prevent water shortages tours, demonstrations and sales and over the summer months. show discounts. See car crushing and metal casting first hand. Restrictions mean that in Hutt seaviewbusiness.co.nz/spotlight HUTT CITY TRI City people can use either an With over a month to go there’s automatic watering device or HUTT CITY TRI still time to get training for Hutt a fixed hose on alternate days 7am | Sunday 23 November City Tri on Sunday 23 November. between the hours of 6-8am, Everest Ave, Naenae and 7-9pm as follows: So far about 50 of the expected Hutt City Tri is back and it’s time to start training. This is a great ‘starter’ 300 people have signed up, McKenzie Baths 2013 • Even numbered houses water triathlon – whether you’re someone ranging in age from 14-66 years on even days of the month old and with more women than who regularly exercises or if you want • Odd numbered houses water a challenge. Sign up now while there’s men competing. SUMMER LIKE on odd days of the month plenty of time left to train. Hutt City Tri is called a ‘starter’ huttcitytri.co.nz IT SHOULD BE Tips on conserving water triathalon for its more manageable at home can be found at distances. It’s a 500m swim, 20km Hip hooray! Our three summer pools See more events at wellingtonwater.co.nz. bike and 5km run or fast walk. open in November and each one is huttcity.govt.nz/events having a party where entry is free Get a team together and the job on opening day. gets easier still because you can divide and conquer. Enjoy the start of summer with swimming and games and by using Our duathlon is 5km running, 20km our free barbecue at each site. EXHIBITIONS biking and then another 5km run. WAINUIOMATA SUMMER POOL This year we’ve also introduced Moohan Street, Wainuiomata SOLO 2014 a time when photography was rarely seen in the Shoe Clinic 5km run. Opens Saturday 1 November public art institutions. Fast-forward to 2014 18 October – 22 February | FREE and curated by The Dowse’s Sian van Dyk, Peter Peryer: A Careful Eye is a selection of If you’re 12 years or older then MCKENZIE BATHS Solo 2014 is a biennial exhibition presented by over 50 works from Peter’s celebrated career. there really is something to Udy Street, Petone The Dowse that showcases and supports local suit everyone – from Opens Saturday 8 November Wellington artists by actively commissioning practiced athletes and presenting new work. Featuring work by ELIZABETH THOMSON: INVITATION to those wanting EASTBOURNE SUMMER POOL Karl Maughan, Peter Trevelyan, Ruth Thomas- TO OPENNESS—SUBSTANTIVE AND Edmond, Samin Son and Moniek Schrijer. a good pre-summer Marine Parade, Eastbourne TRANSITIVE STATES Opens Saturday 15 November fitness goal. PETER PERYER: A CAREFUL EYE 23 August – 23 November 2014 | FREE Sign up today at Opening hours and costs are online at 23 August – 23 November 2014 | FREE Wellington sculptor Elizabeth Thomson creates huttcitytri.co.nz huttcity.govt.nz/pools a new installation for The Dowse. An entire Peter Peryer had his first solo exhibition at a room is quietly inhabited by hundreds of white Ask at our pools about our popular public gallery at The Dowse in 1977. It was a moths that hover in the space as though having private bookings and corporate parties. visionary move by then director Jim Barr at arrived of their own accord.
570 6666 facebook.com/huttcitycouncil huttcity.govt.nz TIPS AND REMINDERS COUNCIL MEETINGS Members of the public are welcome to attend. Half an hour at the beginning of FOR DOG OWNERS meetings is set aside for the public to speak for up to three minutes each on Exercising dogs in public places Is your dog behaving badly? agenda items. When walking your dog in a public place If you’re experiencing difficulties with your Please check scheduled times and venues online at dog and need advice, contact our Animal don’t forget your plastic bag to remove huttcity.govt.nz/councilmeetings droppings. Services Team on 570 6666. Venues are open to the public If you’re exercising your dog in a place 15 minutes prior to commencement. Is your dog microchipped? Agendas are available two working like the beach, you must keep your dog All dogs born or registered after 1 July 2006 days prior at the Hutt City Council on a lead. are required by law to be microchipped. Customer Service Centre, 531 High Street, Lower Hutt, or online at Take care and enjoy the variety of exercise This makes it easy to track and return huttcity.govt.nz or at Hutt City Libraries. areas available for you and your dog them if they run away. We recently Additional Policy and Regulatory throughout the city. You can find a list reunited a dog with its owner after it had of exercise sites at been missing for two years! Committee huttcity.govt.nz/dogmaps 5.30pm | Tuesday 4 November Bring your dog into our Animal Services Woburn Room, Angus Inn, Corner of Register your dog Centre at 21 Meachen Street, Seaview Cornwall Street and Waterloo Road, and we can microchip it. It only takes a Lower Hutt If you haven’t registered your dog, few minutes and costs $35. please do this now. All unregistered Petone Community Board dogs are being followed up by Animal Have your contact details changed? 6.30pm | Monday 17 November Control officers and you could be fined Petone Library, 7 Britannia Street, If you change your contact details it’s $300 or have your dog seized for being Petone (access to meeting room important to let us know. off Richmond Street) unregistered. Call us on 570 6666 or email your new Eastbourne Community Board details to [email protected] 7.15pm | Tuesday 18 November East Harbour Women’s Clubrooms, 145 Muritai Road, Eastbourne Additional Council FREE SUSTAINABLE 6.00pm | Thursday 20 November WORKSHOPS FOR to consider the Significance and Engagement Policy and Traffic Bylaw LOCAL BUSINESSES Wainuiomata Chambers, Wainuiomata Library, Queen Street, Wainuiomata Local business people are invited to attend free breakfast Wainuiomata Community Board workshops next month to help 7.00pm | Wednesday 19 November make their businesses more Wainuiomata Chambers, Wainuiomata sustainable. Library, Queen Street, Wainuiomata Each workshop has a different Central Community Committee theme, but all are aimed at 6.30pm | Monday 24 November encouraging sustainable practices James Coe 2, Dowse Art Museum, to grow and future-proof your 45 Laings Road, Lower Hutt business. Eastern Community Committee The workshops will be run by the 6.30pm | Tuesday 25 November Rata Sustainable Certification Park Avenue Bowling Club, Programme from 7-9am at the 23 Treadwell Street, Naenae James Coe 2 room, The Dowse Art Museum, 45 Laings Road, Northern Community Committee Lower Hutt. To register, or 5.30pm | Wednesday 26 November for more information email The Marae, Taita College, [email protected] or phone Eastern Hutt Road, Taita PREPARE YOURSELF FOR 478 4228. Breakfast is included. Western Community Committee Workshop Themes: 7.00pm | Thursday 27 November ‘THE AGE OF AQUARIUS’ 6 November – using sustainability Parrot & Jigger, Station Village, Now is the time to be digging around in your wardrobe for those polyester as a driver to attract customers 499 Hutt Road, Lower Hutt flares and flowing kaftans because we’re taking a fashionable ride back 20 November – reducing fleet Hutt Valley Service Committee and fuel costs to the ‘70s! From 15 November 2014 through to 1 February 2015 The Age 9.30am | Friday 28 November 4 December – green marketing Upper Hutt City Council, of Aquarius: A 1970s Revolution in Fashion will be showing at The Dowse and sustainable procurement 838-842 Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt Art Museum.
We’ll be celebrating with a weekend fair for retro fabric lovers. Proceeds extravaganza on 15 and 16 November. from this event go to Te Omanga Opening night (Saturday) will be a Hospice. Badge-making with retro SAVE THE DATE fadeless fabulous polyester party fabrics will keep the kids happy and featuring local ‘70s tribute band The at 2pm Doris de Pont from the Join us for the Les Mills Christmas in the Hutt on Saturday 6 December. California Dreamers with prizes for the New Zealand Fashion Museum will Roll out your picnic rug at Hutt Recreation Ground for the grooviest costumes. Entry is a $5 koha, give a talk and tour of the exhibition. largest Christmas concert in the Wellington region. which gets you a free drink and nibbles on arrival. Mark it in your diary Kath and Steve from The Breeze are the ringmasters on stage. On the ground we’ve got entertainment for the kids On Sunday the fun continues with a and start planning and food stalls. Santa will arrive at 9.30pm. special-edition Fabric-a-Brac, a fabric your outfit! Organised by Hutt City Council. Christmasinthehutt.org.nz
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