March 31, 2021
An Easter special Koha Coffee
Koha Coffee is on this Saturday, 3 April. Come along to Houghton Valley Community Hall from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm. Jimmy, who is a school student at Rongotai College, will be hosting this event in our community as part of his Duke of Edinburgh bronze award. Jimmy will organise some Easter themed colouring in for younger children. Please bring a plate to share and we will see you there. All welcome!
A good start to the day…
Early morning Hatha Yoga classes are now on offer at the Community Hall. Tutor Marilyn is a newcomer to the valley and is offering these classes, starting after Easter. She is hoping to make it to Koha Coffee this Saturday, so you can come and connect up with her. Otherwise contact her as below.
Hungerford and View Road roadworks: iImportant information!
Hungerford Road between View Road and Queens Drive will be resurfaced from Monday 19 April – Friday 23 April. View Road resurfacing will begin on Tuesday 27 April, and Fulton Hogan encourages residents of both streets to get in touch with them as to the finer details of access and other issues. Below is the general outline and you will see how important it is that you make sure you are on their email list for further details.
Between the working hours of 7 am – 5 pm the whole of Hungerford Road (from Houghton Bay Rd to Queens Dr) will be deemed “closed” with resident access only. Vehicular access during this time will be highly restricted and only granted to those with special requirements, which means parking down on the flat. Residents of Hungerford Road East will be able to park on a site beside Queens Drive. See picture below. During working hours there will be guided access to your property, both on foot and with a shuttle service provided by Fulton Hogan. Outside of working hours, the street will remain closed although there will be more flexible vehicular access. The work site will be staffed 24/7 by traffic control people. For residents of View Road, you will be able to enter your street via Houghton Bay Road only.
During this time, all bus services will remain closed on both Hungerford and View Road. There will be temporary bus stops located on Houghton Bay Road opposite the entrance to Hungerford Road (by Buckley Road Reserve Playground) and Houghton Bay Road opposite View Road (just past the Houghton Valley Playcentre). This bus service detour will remain in place after the Hungerford Rd work is completed to allow for the View Road works to take place.
Rubbish collection will be completed by the normal contractor or Fulton Hogan, please put your bins out before 7 am on Friday morning or if possible the night before. If you have a private bin, please let them know.
Deliveries / trades people will be handled on a case by case basis. All Uber, taxi, supermarket deliveries etc you’re expecting and are able to let them know in advance will help us ensure your delivery isn’t turned away.
Enchanted by the art in one of our local gardens
After a weather postponement, the sun came out for March 14 and lots and lots of people came to Enchanted – Art in a Garden at Te Kawakawa Commons. They were able to enjoy the delights of the garden as well as the art works, and many took away an art souvenir of the occasion. It was a real community event where connections were both made and rediscovered. For those of you who couldn’t make it, Enchanted will return!
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