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 [...]
Work is getting under way on a new section of road in Wellington’s northern suburbs that will ease peak-hour congestion in Johnsonville and make it quicker and easier for Churton Park and Stebbings Valley residents to get to and from their homes. Simulation of completed road as viewed from Westchester Drive East Once it [...]
There has been plenty of sights and sounds for little yellow digger enthusiasts in Churton Park lately with the ground work being undertaken for the long awaited shopping zone and ground work and foundation started for the new Churton Park school in Amesbury Drive. Concept drawings have been released by the local developer to give [...]
Congrats to the Johnsonville and Churton Park offices of Guardian First National winners in at the annual First National awards function last night. The awards dinner is always a highlight of the First National conference . This year it was held in Wellington in early May. The Churton Park office came first in the country [...]
A recent Wellington City Council release on infonews.co.nz seeks to allay fears that long overdue new community facilities planned for the executive North Wellington suburb of Churton Park are going to be built with consultation from the community and that money set aside is not simply going to be channelled into the new school. The [...]
Churton Park is a growing community of about 5,000 residents on the northern fringe of Wellington City. Churton Park School is the only school in the suburb. There is a close relationship between the community and the school with the school being the main community focus. It is well-supported by the community. There is a [...]
1) Visit the lookout platform on the top of Mount Kaukau. Mt Kaukau with its radio tower stands above the Northern Suburbs like a geological epiphany. It influences the suburbs’ weather and provides a sense of drama to the landscape in which the housing suburbs nestle. There are a number of tracks working their way [...]
Update December 2009 The proposed changes to the District Plan (plan change 72) have highlighted outer suburban areas like Kilbirnie and Johnsonville as areas of change that will allow more intensive housing to go hand in hand with the growth in commercial development in these areas. To quote from the Residential Review on the Wellington [...]
