Basketball
Basketball is available at the Pukerua Bay School.
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Coastal Quilters
Coastal Quilters covers the area from Newlands to Waikanae, including Pukerua Bay – about 7-9 members out of 110 are presently living in Pukerua Bay.
Monthly meetings are at Plimmerton Pavilion Hall (map) on the second Saturday of the month from February to November (work days are in April and October, when the meetings run from 10.00 am – 3.30 pm). Members bring their current projects to work on.
Doors open to members and visitors at 1.15 pm, meetings usually end around 3.30 pm to 4.00 pm.
- Annual membership fee: $25 to be paid in June.
- All abilities welcome.
- Extensive library of quilting books and magazines, approx. 1,000 items at last count.
- Programmes have speakers, demonstrations, work days, Christmas Party, etc.
- Quilting classes held throughout the year for various abilities with local, NZ and occasionally international tutors.
For more information email coastal.quilters@gmail.com.
Cubs & Scouts
The scout hall is located at the end of Kotipu Place, next to Greenmeadows Reserve. For more information and contact details, the Scouts New Zealand website has contact details for Pukerua Bay.
Facebook “Pukerua Bay Trading” group
The Pukerua Bay Trading group is an online marketplace for Pukerua Bay residents with Facebook accounts, set up by former resident Tia Beaufort. It is intended as a useful, free online tool for locals to publicise the services they offer and/or buy & sell goods.
Membership is strictly for Pukerua Bay residents only, the group is also a great place to publicise local events and encourage residents to get to know one another.
To join, go to the group page and add yourself, and wait for the group administrator to confirm you are a Pukerua Bay resident.
Folk Club
The Pukerua Bay Folk Club meets on the first Thursday each month at 8.00 pm at 9 Donlin Road.
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Library
The Pukerua Bay Library is located behind the pre-school on Wairaka Road. The opening hours are:
| Opening Hours | |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm |
| Thursday | 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm |
| Saturday | 10.00 am – 1.00 pm |
Lions Club
The Lions Club of Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki was chartered in 1972.
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Netball
The Pukerua Bay School participates in the Porirua region’s netball groups with teams from Year 5 to Year 8. Practice is usually at school, and games against teams from other schools in the greater Porirua area are played on Saturdays at the Ngati Toa netball courts at the Ngati Toa Domain in Mana.
The organisation is entirely run by volunteers from the schools participating – from the organising committee, to the coaches, umpires and timekeepers. If you are interested in participating or helping, please get in touch at the Pukerua Bay School.
Nga Uruora – Kapiti Project Inc.
Nga Uruora is a not-for-profit voluntary organisation on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealand, focusing on the coastal escarpment between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki and other conservation projects.
Its vision is to link the conservation successes on Kapiti and Mana Islands to the mainland coast, to create a ribbon of native forest to bring back the native birds that used to sing in our trees.
Playgroup
The Pukerua Bay community has a well-attended playgroup which caters for children from birth until around 4 years of age. It provides the opportunity for parents and their children to meet in a relaxed atmosphere and enjoy crafts, singing, baking, indoor and outdoor activities, a large variety of toys as well as morning tea. There is no waiting list, everybody is welcome, just bring a piece of fruit for a shared morning tea.
The playgroup is on Monday mornings from 9.15 am – 11.45 am during school terms at the Tennis Club rooms near the corner of Rawhiti Road and Taihana Road West.
Returned Services Association
The Pukerua Bay Returned Services Asssociation originated in the Plimmerton Branch of the Wellington RSA, which included Pukerua Bay until the end of World War II. A separate section was formed in response to the growth of the population of Pukerua Bay up to the 1950s. The clubrooms of the local association are at 5 Wairaka Road.
Visitors are welcome – the opening hours are Thursday and Friday 4.30-11pm and Saturday 4-7pm.
Soccer Club
The Pukerua Bay Soccer Club takes junior players from age 6 to 14. We have a keen, supportive group of parents, and welcome any child from the local area who wants to play. Practices are at the Pukerua Bay School or at Greenmeadows Park.
More information is at www.pukeruabaysoccer.org.nz, email pkb@pukeruabaysoccer.org.nz or phone Iain on 239 9237.
Tennis Club
The Tennis Club is the oldest sporting organisation in Pukerua Bay, established in 1947. It uses the three sealed tennis courts located on the corner of Rawhiti Road and Taihana Road West.
The tennis courts are publicly available and can be used by anyone free of charge unless booked or in use by the club. The club building can be rented for community events or parties.
The Tennis Club has around 50-60 members and is affiliated with the Wellington Tennis Central Association, and new members are always welcome.
As a club member you can benefit from
- Organised coaching for junior (Wed, 3.15 pm, 4.15 pm, 5.15 pm for older group) and senior members – guaranteed 7 classes per term (terms 4 & 1),
- Senior Club days on Sundays, 10 am – 12 pm, Thursdays, 6.30 pm – 9 pm all year round,
- Junior Club nights on Fridays, 5pm – 6.30 pm during terms 1 and 4,
- Weekend Interclub available for all levels summer and winter.
The club offers a family-focused small club atmosphere where you can confidently learn to play tennis with current members helping in every way possible. We have a superb facility, three hard courts with professional lighting system for night tennis. Our fees are very competitive and cover the full calendar year. We have social club play, social, serious and regional interclub available.
For more information, check in on the Facebook page or contact Debbie Quennell on 239 9372, or pkbtennis@outlook.com.
Toy Library
Toy library is held at the Tennis Club rooms in Rawhiti Road every Monday evening (except Christmas holidays) from 7.30pm – 8.30pm.
It provides an opportunity to hire toys and educational games for your children, catch up with friends for coffee and meet other parents from the neibourghood.
All items are $3 or less for two weeks rental, which includes a great selection of toys, games, costumes and puzzles for infants to seven years (mainly pre-schoolers). Membership fees range from $12 to $36 depending on the type of membership. For more information, please email pkbtoylibrary@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page.
Waste Free Pukerua Bay
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