{"id":86,"date":"2025-08-05T01:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T01:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/news\/?p=86"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:01:37","slug":"newsletter-no-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/newsletter-no-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter No. 29"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Houghton Valley Email Newsletter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>20 April, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to all the locals who have recently joined the email group.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/louis-and-Finn-300x225-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Linda from Houghton Bay Road wants to know what everyone thinks of these ideas:\u00a0<\/strong>I\u2019ve been thinking \u2026 to reduce valley residents\u2019 contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, save petrol dollars, strengthen community bonds + possibly provide extra income or barter points;\u2028 to save people going to or sourcing out of the area,\u00a0 services such a barber, hairdresser, plumber, gardeners, lawnmowers, photographers, producers of produce or preserves etc;\u2028 would it be a good idea for anyone with services to offer to be listed some where like the newsletter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Louis and Finn:&nbsp;<\/strong>are looking for work, see poster above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yoga classes: these&nbsp;<\/strong>will start again on 3 May at the school at 6.45 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community Garden:<\/strong>&nbsp;Photo of locals taking a break in the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Afternoon-tea-300x199-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Celebrate the Taputeranga Marine Reserve and Snorkel Trail:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sun 1 May. Come and celebrate the Taputeranga Marine Reserve with Green Party Co leader Russel Norman by trying out the new snorkel trail and hearing about the rich marine life the reserve inhabits. Trustee Steve Journee, marine biologist Dr Sea Rotmann and Dr Malcolm Francis from NIWA and will speak from 1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>When<\/strong>: 12.30 \u2013 2.30 pm Sunday 1 May;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where<\/strong>: The Esplanade Car Park, opposite 192 The Esplanade, Island Bay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What to Bring:\u00a0<\/strong>A full wetsuit, mask, snorkel, fins, warm and dry clothes to wear afterwards, lunch to share. To hire snorkelling gear or for more information contact Malcolm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Taputeranga Marine Reserve website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.taputeranga.org.nz\/\">www.taputeranga.org.nz<\/a>;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Stick your head underwater and be amazed at the life \u2013 I even saw a pair of cuttlefish the other day!\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 Russel Norman MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s all for now, Grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houghton Valley Email Newsletter 20 April, 2011 Welcome to all the locals who have recently joined the email group. Linda from Houghton Bay Road wants to know what everyone thinks of these ideas:\u00a0I\u2019ve been thinking \u2026 to reduce valley residents\u2019 contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, save petrol dollars, strengthen community bonds + possibly provide extra &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/newsletter-no-29\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Newsletter No. 29<\/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-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","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=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haewaihoughtonvalley.org\/happenings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}