But wait, there\u2019s more:<\/strong> Jessica from Houghton Bay Rd, the artist of the mural at the community hall, and others have been talking about the idea of painting a bus stop to look like a book shop \u2013 to host the book exchange! If you are interested in planning and taking part in these activities come down to the community garden this Sunday at 3.15 pm to discuss over a cup of tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also (Lucy adds)<\/strong>: \u201cyou might like to include in the newsletter, organic raw milk, available at collection sites near you, www.windriverorganics.co.nz<\/a> for more info. Not tried it yet but intend to make cheese. I think you order online and pick up from Newtown.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n All the News:<\/strong> Houghton Valley Progressive Association president Ken from Hornsey Rd installs a new noticeboard adjacent to the bus stop at the Community Hall in Houghton Bay Rd. It will complement the newsletter to keep passers-by informed about forthcoming events at the hall and other community activities. Thanks to French Door Factory<\/em> in Rongotai for their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rivers and Coast Users Survey:<\/strong> Houghton Valley residents may be more interested than most in completing a Wellington Regional Council survey on issues which encourage, or discourage, people to use harbours, coasts and rivers. There\u2019s also a prize for completing the survey. [Survey link not current]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Norman and contributors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Published as issue No. 126 May 5, 2015 Book Swap: Lucy of Houghton Bay Rd followed up the suggestion of a book swap \u2013 \u201c\u2026 sounds good, bus shelter [may be] too damp and access too free, how about a garage or somewhere at the school, under cover or a shed \u2026 just my thoughts, also what … Continue reading Newsletter No. 139<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screen-Shot-2025-08-05-at-7.01.39-PM.png\")
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