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GENERAL NEWS

• Bed, Bath & Beyond move to their new location on Park Street
• Saying goodbye to Bogantown 2025
• Take a trip down memory lane with Upper Hutt Library’s 50 years of Maidstone Mall
• What is Weaving the Harakeke about?
• Why not give the free lunches rejected by some schools, to the schools that need them?

COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE MINUTES:

• Finance and Performance Committee: 26th of February, 2025
• Risk and Assurance Committee: 19th of February, 2025

SPORTS:

• Joey Sipikiotis signs up with Upper Hutt City Football for the upcoming season
• Naenae College beat St. Pat’s Silverstream in match of kilikiti (Samoan Cricket) at the Basin Reserve
• Sam Twigg joins Upper Hutt City Football for upcoming season
• Shimal joins Upper Hutt City Football to support youth and junior female players
• Upper Hutt City Football looking for social and competitive women’s players: Sign-ups available until the end of March
• Upper Hutt Petanque Club defend the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy against Manawatu

COMMUNITY EVENTS:

• Brick Engaged Foundation’s Lego Show: Saturday 15th of March / Sunday 16th of March
• Circle of Song
• Forget-Me-Knot: 3rd of April – 12th of April
• Greenstone Doors Shoe Sale: Saturday 15th of March, 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
• Let’s Get Elected: starts Thursday, 13th of March
• Meet the Funders workshop: Wednesday 12th of March, 6.00 pm – 8.00 pm
• Playgroup at St. Hilda’s: Wednesday mornings during term time, 9.30 am – 11.00 am
• Positive Pathways School Holiday Programme – register now: 14th of April – 24th of April
• Staying Safe Refresher Driving Course for older drivers: Wednesday 19th of March, 10.00 am
• Weaving the Harakeke: 6.00 pm, 17th of March 2025

GARAGE SALES:

• Heretaunga Community Church Garage Sale: Saturday, 15th of March, 8.00 am – 12.00 pm | 51 Lane Street, Upper Hutt

WORSHIP SERVICES:

• Heretaunga Community Church
• St. Margaret’s Presbyterian Church
• Silverstream Reformed Church
• St. Hilda’s Anglican Church

ENTERTAINMENT:

• What’s new at Monterey Cinemas? Week staring 13th of March, 2025

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