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Porirua City Brass performers pose in formal and cabaret-style clothing, smiling and holding brass instruments.

Porirua City Brass Stages Casino Cabaret

May 22, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

Porirua City Brass will bring music, theatre and casino-style sparkle to Linden Community Centre in July with Casino Royale, a cabaret fundraiser supporting the band’s […]

Porirua City councillors and staff sit around the council chamber during a Te Puna Kōrero Committee meeting.

Spicer drop-off stays, landfill use to end

May 21, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

Porirua residents are likely to keep a local rubbish drop-off at Spicer after the landfill closes in 2030, but waste would be trucked elsewhere for […]

A group of smiling children raise their hands in front of an Ōtaki Kids Market stall at Coastlands Shopping Centre.

Young entrepreneurs bring market to Whitby

May 20, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

Young entrepreneurs will take centre stage in Whitby next month, with the Kids Market Pop-Up coming to Discovery School on Friday, June 5, from 4.30pm […]

New two-storey state homes on Cornwall Crescent with fenced lawns and concrete driveways.

Te Rā Nui delivers more homes for Porirua

May 19, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

Nearly 80 new state homes will be delivered across Eastern Porirua in the coming months, as the Te Rā Nui partnership continues its renewal of […]

Map of the Prosser Street and Tītahi Bay Road area showing the route wastewater took through the stormwater network to an outfall into Porirua Harbour.

Burst pipe sends wastewater into Porirua Harbour

May 18, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

A burst wastewater pipe in Porirua sent wastewater into the stormwater network and Porirua Harbour early Monday, prompting public warnings, water testing and traffic disruption […]

A grey stone war grave headstone for Corporal J. R. Hoare of the Wellington Regiment, partly weathered, beside a path and greenery at Porirua Cemetery.

War Graves Week tour honours Porirua veterans

May 18, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

Porirua residents are being invited to learn more about local servicemen buried at Porirua Cemetery during War Graves Week, with a free guided tour on […]

Windley School students and staff wearing pink T-shirts pose together in the playground during Pink Shirt Day celebrations in Porirua.

Porirua students mark Pink Shirt Day with ice cream

May 17, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

For the third year running, Porirua Whānau Centre is marking Pink Shirt Day at Windley School by giving every student and teacher a free ice […]

Graphic promoting Pacific Health Day 2026 at Pātaka in Porirua, featuring the Pātaka building alongside event branding and the tagline “Celebrating wellbeing, culture and our community”.

Porirua hosts national Pacific health event

May 15, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

Pacific doctors, medical students and health leaders will gather in Porirua on Saturday for the annual Pacific Health Day hosted by the Royal New Zealand […]

Close-up photograph of a noble false widow spider with long orange-brown legs and a patterned cream and brown abdomen against a pale background.

Porirua schools and scouts help track spider sightings

May 15, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

Schools and scout groups across Porirua are helping identify and record sightings of the noble false widow spider as part of a growing citizen science […]

A Police drone hovers in the air during an operation in Porirua.

Porirua Police drone catches suspect on church roof

May 14, 2026 Tim Wilson 0

A fleeing motorist who allegedly drove while disqualified across Porirua overnight is facing a string of charges after Police tracked him to the roof of […]