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January 26, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kia ora koutou,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the New Year and the world is starting up again, I hope you can find some time this year to get involved with some of what\u2019s going on here in Houghton Valley. Here is something to whet your appetite ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastal Communities and Climate Change<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 29 January, 3 \u2013 4.30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this public meeting, Wellington City Council\u2019s Climate Change Advisors will be updating our South Coast Communities on their progress on developing climate change impact assessments and management. Anyone interested is invited, but the meeting is of particular importance to those of you who live close to the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting will be held at the Wellington South Baptist Church Hall, 284 The Parade, Island Bay. More details on the attached invitation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully we will get to see progress on the Bloomberg Global Mayors Challenge<\/a>, where the impact of climate change is being modelled on a digital twin of Wellington City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Koha Coffee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Come along to the first Koha Coffee of the year and catch up with friends and neighbours. Koha Coffee is still not back to a regular monthly event, but is currently being hosted by people wanting to get together to plan other events as well as a general community catch-up. This time the Seeds-to-Feeds planning group will be hosting, and furthering the plans for our community dinner in March (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in hosting a Koha Coffee morning (or more than one) please email admin@houghtonvalley.org.nz<\/a> and we can work something out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Houghton Valley Progressive Association Meeting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 12 February, 1 \u2013 4 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upcoming General Meeting for the HVPA will be in two parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, Katie Sharp from WREMO will talk about running a couple of Emergency Preparedness workshops in Houghton Valley. These include a 1 hour weekday evening session focussing on household preparedness, and a 2 hour weekend afternoon session at Houghton Valley School, familiarising ourselves with what is at our Community Emergency Hub and how to co-ordinate a wider community response, should it be necessary. We can ask Katie questions and discuss the best time for running the workshop, and what else we can do as a community to increase our general resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly, we are going to have a working bee at the hall doing what we can to tick off items on our maintenance list, including washing down the outside, clearing gutters, trimming trees growing close to the hall, cleaning areas inside that are not covered by regular cleaning, replacing light tubes etc. Most of the gardening work has now been done but there are still a few corners that could be worked on if that is what you like doing. Please come along and have a bit of fun caring for our Community Hall, it deserves all the TLC it can get!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will put out a Facebook Group<\/a> event invite with more details, otherwise contact admin@houghtonvalley.org.nz<\/a>. And of course, for our members and supporters, there will be the usual email in the week beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeds to Feeds<\/h3>\n\n\n
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This year we are planning a dinner at the Community Hall on Sunday, March 12<\/strong>, from 5.30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leone, our wonderful cook from last year (and last Spring) is planning more delicious dishes on the theme of Haewai Harvest Festival<\/em>. So please save the date for another fun community event! The planning team are getting well practised at this (it\u2019s the 4th year now!) but we\u2019d still love other people to join in with preparations, because actually that part is just as much fun \u2026 ideas of how you can get involved include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n