Monthly median prices show prices are settling to a plateau over the medium term coming off the high of 2009. The Wellington market was slow to ease up and peaked later than other centres in 2009, and is showing signs of lagging behind the optimism showing in the housing markets in other regions. Turnover is [...]
A public meeting held by the Johnsonville Progressive Association last week allowed DNZ property Fund to talk about their plans for the future development of Johnsonville Mall. Phil Brown, the general manager of investment and development was unable to give a firm date for the start of redevelopment but he said that DNZ’s board hoped [...]
Mayor Celia Wade-Brown will officially open Amesbury School’s new hall this Saturday (12 May) – an exciting new facility for Churton Park. Wellington City Council gave $850,000 towards the hall’s development last year to make it fit for wider community use. Mayor Wade-Brown says the funds have turned what was to be a standard school [...]
Chilis Restaurant is recently opened in the Newlands Mall just behind the fast finishing New World supermarket. Open for takeaways and as a fully licensed sit down restaurant with bar that seats 40, Chilis has a wide range of Indian cuisine to appeal to all tastes. The owners state that the restaurant offers a sophisticated [...]
“The teachers don’t have desks, pupils can learn while sprawling on beanbags and there’s no such thing as a classroom – welcome to the school of the future, reports Michelle Duff. Nestled down a quiet street in the northern suburb of Churton Park, Amesbury School became the first new state school to open in Wellington [...]
Work on the 800-metre road, known as the Westchester Dr extension, is well under way. The road will also provide direct access from the North of Churton Park to State Highway 1 and to Stebbings Valley and take the heat off the main entrance into Churton via Halswater Drive. Artists impression of the finished road looking [...]
The first of the sideline businesses have opened including Cinnamon Village and Stella Hair Design. Local residents are already patronising these new shops and are looking forward to more opening in the very near future. Cinnamon Malaysian Indian Restaurant The Cinnamon Restaurant menu covers the gamet from the Indian inspired usuals like Beef Rendang, [...]
Amesbury School opened its doors last week to let the Community have a look around the brand new facilities. Over 800 people attended the open day. People were very pleased with what they saw. Today, the 1st of Feb 2012, the school echoed with the excited sounds of children discovering their new school as the [...]
A warm and breezy day saw thousands of locals turn out for the annual parade. Though the number and variety of floats seems to have waned in recent years. many of the local businesses and schools get behind the parade as a chance to give something back to the community. Little faces waited to see [...]
I discovered from a very reliable local source today that the New World supermarket in Lakewood Avenue, Churton Park will be opening its doors for business possibly as early as next Tuesday the 6th December. The shopping precinct has taken shape very quickly over past months and is nearing completion. More of my reliable sources [...]
Click FS to see Full Screen. The i in the top right corner gives you a description and location. There is lots going on in North Wellington currently. In Churton Park there has been earthworks at the South end of Churton on the neighbouring rise of Ohariu Rd perhaps signaling the beginning of the new [...]
After chatting recently with Charmaine, I received this email in my inbox. I have reprinted it here in case any blog followers want to get involved…. Hello Thank you for your support and interest in the proposed community garden at Jay Street Reserve, Paparangi. Wellington City Council have approved the licence for Jay Street Reserve, [...]
The concept of a vibrant apartment style hub in Johnsonville has taken a step forward with the unanimous acceptance by Wellington City councillors of a Johnsonville design guide report released on the 15th of September. The City Life local newspaper reports that Councillor Iona Pannett, the Built Environment portfolio leader, has said that details are [...]
Churton Park will be one of the first suburbs in the country to get the new ultra-fast broadband. Chorus has indicated that work is scheduled to start before Christmas. This will enable internet speeds approximately 10 times faster than current. The Chorus website highlights Churton as one of the earlier Ultra fast broadband areas. [...]
I took the chance to film a couple songs from this years Artsplash that my children were involved in. Westpark School in Johnsonville always gets involved in this Wellington institution.
I would be remiss if I didn’t duck out with my new fancy Canon camera and catch a few images of the heaviest snow in Wellington for decades. What a magical 72 hours!!!! Click the Fullscreen (FS) tab at bottom right of the gallery above to see a bigger version of the images. If [...]
