Local Body Elections 2025

• • Elections • , , , ,

The local body elections are just around the corner, giving us the chance to decide who will represent our community at the Council table for the next three years.

For Porirua City, this includes the Mayor, Porirua Māori Ward and four Pāuatahanui Ward Councillors. At the Greater Wellington Regional Council level, we’ll also be choosing two Councillors for the Porirua-Tawa Ward.

The Pukerua Bay Residents Association has already hosted a “Meet the Candidate” session, and we encourage you to head along to one of the public meetings. These are a great way to hear directly from the candidates and ask questions.

Who is standing?

You can find out more about the Mayor, Māori Ward candidates and Pāuatahanui Ward Councillor candidates here:
Information on the Greater Wellington Regional Council candidates for our ward can be found here:

‘Meet the Candidate’ meetings

We’ve already held our Pukerua Bay “Meet the candidates” meeting but other local events are coming up. Times and venues details are available here:

Māori Wards

In the voting papers you will also be asked if you want to keep the Porirua City Council Māori ward and the Greater Wellington Regional Council Māori constituency. More info about that can be found here:

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Voting papers will be delivered from Tuesday 9 SEPTEMBER.
Voting closes on Saturday 11 OCTOBER.

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Where to vote?

In Pukerua Bay you can cast your vote in bins at Pukerua Bay Library or outside the dairy.
A list of other Porirua locations can be found here:

Special Votes

If you haven’t received your voting pack by Tuesday 9 September, you can still vote.
You’ll just need to complete a special vote available from the council office.

For a special vote to count, voters need to be enrolled with the Electoral Commission by Friday 10 October.
It takes less than five minutes to complete a declaration form as to why they need a special vote, and electors can vote on site or take it away to vote later.

Those electors on the unpublished electoral roll, will get a letter from the Electoral Commission on about 9 September, advising them to complete a special vote at the council office.

For electors going overseas for the entirety of the voting period the legislation for council elections does not allow early voting, ie it is not possible to complete a special vote before 9 September. The Act does not allow online voting, nor any form of electronic voting, nor downloading a voting paper and sending it back by email. It is an option for the council to send a special vote to a static address where the elector is overseas, provided there is time for the voter to complete the SV Declaration and the voting paper, and post it back so that it reaches the Electoral Officer by midday on Saturday 11 October. In doing so, voters are required to pay the appropriate par avion international postage on the envelope in the country that it is sent from.

Want to understand the voting system we use?

There is an explanation of Single Transferrable Vote (STV) here

Pukerua Bay Community Garden Calendar 2026

• • Community Garden, Fundraising • , ,

Back by popular demand, our popular fundraising calendar is back!

Support the Community Garden and BUY NOW $20 each

Available at:

  • Pop-up Parlour shop in September
  • RSA
  • or Bank Transfer (we will deliver for free in Pukerua Bay)

This year we’ve featured 12 gardens that are part of our NEW garden trail!
The trail is happening on Sunday, 9th November 2025 – 10am to 2pm.

Account: Pukerua Bay Residents Association 02 0536 0134648 002
Ref:  your name & CGFF Cal
Email us: PukeruaBayCommunityGarden@gmail.com

Lambing on Wairaka Farm has started 

• • Announcements, Information • ,

A message from Wairaka Farm:
(Wairaka Farm is on the left as you go north through Pukerua Bay.)

Please do not to go onto the farm until Tuesday 31 October. 

This is so that the mothers and lambs aren’t disturbed. 
Please pass this message on to anyone who needs to know. 

Any questions, please contact Kerry Kilminster on 027 389 9212. 

Image credit: David Griffiths unsplash.com

Climate Action Rōpū at the Pop-up Parlour

• • Climate Change, Information, Meeting • ,

This year at the PKB HUB’s Pop-up Parlour the Pukerua Bay Climate Action Rōpū are hosting three events:

1) Let’s Talk Climate Change

 
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
7:00–8:30 pm, St Marks, 98 Rawhiti Road, Pukerua Bay

A talk by Mark Wendelker from Plimmerton Climate Café.

A lay person’s guide to climate change concepts.
Marks presentation explains aspects of climate change (such as carbon footprint, planetary boundaries, de-growth etc.) what they mean, how they interact and why they’re important. 

Link to the event here

2) Pukerua Bay Crop Swap

 
Saturday, 20 September 2025
3-4pm, St Marks, 98 Rawhiti Road, Pukerua Bay

Crop Swapping and recycling are sustainability focused events supported by the Pukerua Bay Climate Action Group, Waste Free Pukerua Bay and a local sustainability business My Bihome. Set up is at 3pm, with a karakia, then we swap to our hearts content.

Special this month:

  • Drop in with Nick at Predator Free Pukerua Bay. Ask questions, get advice or buy a tunnel trap.
  • Demonstration by Pukerua Bay Community Garden and Food Forest – growing microgreens as an affordable and healthy salad option.
  • Stick around for the Pukerua Bay Climate Action Group’s Clothes Swap after the Crop Swap.

P.S. Please come along even if you have nothing to share that week. Swapping is not limited to home grown plants and anything ‘garden and home’ (e.g. baking, preserves, flowers) is welcome.

Link to the event here

3) Clothes Swap


Saturday, 20 September 2025
4:00 –5:30 pm, St Marks, 98 Rawhiti Road, Pukerua Bay

Please bring along your unwanted quality clothing and accessories and swap them for some new treasures! Arrive with your clothes and they will be sorted while you browse. 
Entry: by gold coin/folding Koha and includes a cuppa and baking.

What we’re swapping:
Feel free to bring womens, mens and kids clothing as well as jewellery, shoes and accessories.

NO books, toys or ripped/stained clothing thanks. 
(Only CLEAN items you’d be happy to drop off at the charity shop please).

Link to the event here

We hope to see you at the Pop-up!

Muri Road Reconstruction Works

• • Information, Road safety, Uncategorized

Contractors (BOSCO) will start phases one and two of the work to improve Muri Road from Sea Vista Drive to number 43 Muri Rd. The improvements will include widening of the roadway and installation of a footpath to join up with the existing boardwalk on the rise from the intersection with Sea Vista Drive.

The Contractors have dropped off letters to Muri Road residents advising them of the works being undertaken and that there will be disruption to traffic flow and pedestrian access during the time the works are undertaken. Residents from 9A to 19 Muri Road have been or are being directly contacted by the contractor to work over access issues to their properties that will occur as the roading improvements are being undertaken.

To undertake the works the developer/contractor had been required to develop a traffic management plan for vehicles and pedestrians that PCC can be satisfied with. The nature of the works and the road itself has made a traffic management plan, acceptable to PCC, for pedestrian access through the works site not achievable. Meaning no pedestrian access through the worksite during operational hours.

The only option open to the contractor has been to advise pedestrian traffic to use the pathway along the closed Muri Station through Muri Reserve to Sea Vista Drive or across the railway tracks to Weku Road. Pedestrian access along Muri Rd will be open when works are not under way.

Phase 1 of the work is scheduled to start on 30 June and be completed in one to two weeks, with sealing of that section on 14th July.

Phase 2 is scheduled to take 17 working days to complete with sealing of the road scheduled for 5th or 6th of August.

As with any earthworks the progress will be weather dependant so completion dates may be earlier or later than scheduled.

At this point a schedule Phase 3 has not been finalised. 

Anyone having difficulties with access can contact the BOSCO Site Manager Shaun Kennedy on:  027 343 8386

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