The Upper Hutt Connection archive: 2024

2024 Wednesday Editions:

Wednesday Edition: 24th of December, 2024

Millward Auto Electricians close after 50 years
Vonz Kaukau baking rēwana bread for Martin Street food bank
Residents of Totara Park are asked to check their CCTV footage in attempt to find missing person, Maia Johnston
Residents of Harcourt Park and Brown Owl area asked to keep an eye out for Maia Johnston
Good news regarding Maia:
NZCIS evacuated due to message containing bomb threat
Bogus bomb threat at NZCIS
“Hello Darling” – Pepper the Cockatoo beats Christopher Luxon when it comes to Massey University’s Quote of the Year
An update regarding the water pipe renewals on Chatsworth Road
CBD green space brightens up
The last article of The Upper Hutt Connection for 2024: Thank you’s, Acknowledgements, and Holiday Plans

A Mongrel Mob member who went from living in a car to running a rēwana bread business
3.9 magnitude earthquake hits near Lower Hutt on Sunday morning
Regional Council-Controlled Organisation (CCO) preferred option for water services
Bill Tito given the task of preserving a journal from the First World War
Patrol dog trainees fetching great results
No more community calendars in your mailbox, you can still pick them up at the council or library though
H2O Xtream December update
Newbolds 100% receives an award and cake from Consumer Magazine for winning the People’s Choice award for 10 years in a row!

Vegetation fire near Timberlea
Does anyone know anything about Martin Edward Bacon? Moved to NZ from England, died 1984 – Photos, newspaper articles etc?
Staglands gifts two kunekune pigs to Wellington Zoo
Late night thievery at Heretaunga Community Church building site
New Click & Collect locker first of its kind in New Zealand
Te Kura o Hau Karetu takes the Judge’s award and the People’s Choice award at the Upper Hutt Santa Parade 2024
Some visual history of the Remutaka tunnel
Toxic algae blooms once again rears its ugly head as summer returns

Pepper’s been birdnapped! Sulphur Crested Cockatoo stolen from Staglands
Pepper is back home at Staglands
Summer is almost here again so here’s a reminder about the rules regarding permanent and temporary pools.
An update on the stairs at Birchville Dam
Reporter, Nicholas Boyack died last Sunday afternoon, aged 63
Silverstream Spur decision appealed
Greater Wellington Regional Council show their appreciation to the region’s bus drivers
A successful day for the Upper Hutt Foodbank’s Food Appeal
Upper Hutt City Council and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi, with Monterey Cinemas, thanks the school traffic safety teams for all their work this year
Jason Moss wins the People’s Choice Award from the 2024 Wellington Regional Arts Review
Roadworks on the Remutaka Hill this week: Saturday 23rd of November – Friday 29th of November
Changes made to the Akatārawa Cemetery expansion project

Upper Hutt man receives four years jail time for fraud during Covid pandemic
Sharing articles via email and Facebook now available on The Upper Hutt Connection
Some are old, some are new, some with four legs, some with two
Cultural Harmony: Nepal and New Zealand Through Tourism
Bertie, Rusty, and London, join the Arapawa Island goat family at Staglands
79 year-old man sentenced to one year of home detention after possessing over 45,000 images of child abuse and sexual exploitation
Prison guard guilty of smuggling contraband into Rimutaka Prison gets name suppression due to safety concerns
A few notices about the use of AI images on The Upper Hutt Connection

Body of Terrence Jameson found in waters at Eastbourne – Police seeking information
Serious two-car crash in Kaitoke
Rāhui placed near Eastbourne coast following the recovery of the body of Terrence Jameson
Upper Hutt City Council positively addressing credit rating change
Birchville Dam track to be closed until early December for construction of new stairs.
Great turnout for St. Margaret’s annual fair
Catherine Andrew the winner of Staglands Photo Competition.

Man charged with manslaughter of Luke Smith now named
Wairarapa railway line closed for essential maintenance between 26th of December – 10th of February
Good News! You can walk the Kaitoke Swingbridge Track again – Kaitoke Pipebridge Complete
Dangerous, Affected, and Insanitary Buildings Policy – The Council would like your feedback: Submissions close 27th of October