2022 / 2023 Waikawa Beach Xmas / New Year Activities

December 17, 2022

Kia ora koutou katoa, Summer Activities are a go for this year — see the timetable below. Please also note that Subs are due for the 2022-23 year. Our...

Maehe (March) 2022 WBRA Newsletter

March 9, 2022

Kia ora e te whānau, first up: this is the last WBRA newsletter from me because I've stood down from the Committee as of 19 March 2022. After 5 years working...

Pepuere (February) 2022 WBRA Newsletter

February 11, 2022

Kia ora e te whānau, rain, rain and more rain! So far this month we've had about 160mm rain and there's another 150mm or so forecast for this weekend. It's...

Hānuere (January) 2022 WBRA Newsletter

January 20, 2022

Kia ora e te whānau, the busy times have ended and for the moment the beach has returned to its quiet state. The vehicle entrance was reopened just before...

Special WBRA Newsletter 18 December 2021 — summer activities cancelled

December 18, 2021

Kia ora koutou kātoa, today the WBRA Committee held a special meeting about the Summer Activities and AGM. There was a great deal of discussion, looking at...

Hakihea (December) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

December 15, 2021

Kia ora e te whānau, well, we had around 99 mm rain in the 2 or 3 days from 05 to 08 December… The river's been full and muddy, washing clumps of river weed...

Whiringa-ā-nuku (October) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

October 29, 2021

Kia ora e te whānau, What a busy time it's been. With ongoing warm, damp weather it's the season for mowing and weeding and then mowing and weeding all over...

Mahuru (September) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

September 15, 2021

Kia ora koutou kātoa, We all know that Covid again changed everything last month. At Level 4 various Council services were on hold — recycling wasn't...

Here-turi-kōkā (August) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

August 18, 2021

Here-turi-kōkā (August) 2021 Newsletter Kia ora koutou kātoa, He ua — rain — we've had at least 120 mm rain since the last newsletter in mid-July. And that's...

Hōngongoi (July) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

July 15, 2021

Hōngongoi (July) 2021 Newsletter Kia ora koutou kātoa, well, one thing you can say about the last month is frosts (hukapapa)! The mornings have been white...

Pipiri (June) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

June 18, 2021

Pipiri (June) 2021 Newsletter Kia ora koutou kātoa, It is with great sadness that I tell you that Elaine White, Treasurer for the Waikawa Beach Ratepayers...

Haratua (May) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

May 19, 2021

Haratua (May) 2021 Newsletter Kia ora koutou kātoa, It's been variously frosty, very windy, warm, and we've even had a bit of rain — about 32 mm since the...

WBRA Paenga-whāwhā (April) 2021 Newsletter

April 26, 2021

Kia ora koutou kātoa, It's been a quiet time recently at Waikawa Beach: you can go down to the sea and not see a soul. Or maybe, like John Hewitson, you...

Poutū-te-rangi (March) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

March 25, 2021

Kia ora e te whānau, Autumn has brought some very photographic morning mists, Misty autumn moods and absolutely stunning days at the beach with calm...

Kohi-tātea (January) 2021 WBRA Newsletter

January 29, 2021

Kia ora e te whānau, This summer has been marked by cooler, greyer weather, and wind, and bits of rain and even the occasional thunderstorm. The threat of...

Tīhema (December) 2020 WBRA Newsletter

December 17, 2020

Kia ora e te whānau, It's been wet. Very wet: about 132 mm of rain since the last newsletter 4 weeks ago. Oh, and warm, so all the lawns and weeds and veges...

Noema (November) 2020 WBRA Newsletter

November 19, 2020

Kia ora e te whānau. Well, it's the time of year where you mow the grass, turn your back for a minute and it shoots up so you have to mow it again. On the...

Oketopa (October) 2020 WBRA Newsletter

October 15, 2020

Kia ora koutou kātoa. Spring is definitely with us, bringing gales, late frosts, warm days, cold days, rain, and of course the Great Changing Of The Clocks....

Ākuhata (August) 2020 WBRA newsletter

August 6, 2020

Kia ora koutou kātoa. We're now firmly in the second half of 2020. The days are a bit longer and we've been enjoying a bit of warm sunshine, though for the...

Hune (June) 2020WBRA newsletter

June 27, 2020

Kia ora koutou kātoa. It's officially winter but there have been plenty of 'deck' days out in warm sun under a clear blue sky, and the beach, as always, has...

Mei (May) 2020 newsletter

May 21, 2020

Welcome Back Weekenders The first weekend in Level 2 brought quite the crowd of folks to Waikawa Beach, both visitors and weekenders who'd been away from...

Āperira (April) 2020 WBRA newsletter

April 6, 2020

Kia ora koutou katoa. It's hard to believe the last newsletter was less than 3 weeks ago — it feels like a lifetime. As I write, we are two weeks into the...

Māehe (March) 2020 WBRA newsletter

March 17, 2020

Strathnaver folks: power outage planned for Thursday Thursday, 19 March 2020. Could be all day, but should be brief. Kia ora e te whānau. Autumn brings us...

Pepuere (February) 2020 WBRA Newsletter

February 27, 2020

Kia ora koutou katoa. Cool nights; hot days. Dandelions and parched lawns. As we ease towards autumn, summer has arrived. Hard rubbish collection — we need...

Hanuere (January) 2020 Newsletter

January 29, 2020

Kia ora koutou katoa. Welcome to the season formerly known as summer (raumati). This season's colour is the cool tones of Drizzle Grey. What's Hot: indoor...

Hakihea (December) 2019 Newsletter

December 11, 2019

Kia ora e te whānau. It's the tui on the flax season. Tui on a flax flower. We've had some very bright and sunny days, along with a few almost frosty nights,...

Whiringa-ā-rangi (November) 2019 WBRA Newsletter

November 21, 2019

Kia ora koutou katoa. Well, spring is doing a brilliant job of being spring. It's giving us rain, wind, grey skies, with the occasional glimpse of hot sun...

Whiringa-ā-nuku (October) 2019 WBRA Newsletter

October 22, 2019

Kia ora e te whānau. Well, there's been no doubt about it being spring: cold, hot, grey, rain, blue skies, gales, coughs, colds and holidays. The lupin's in...

Here-turi-kōkā (August) 2019 WBRA Newsletter

August 30, 2019

Kia ora e te whānau. Rain. Lots of rain (133 mm in August alone). Big puddles beside the roads, and a few property owners have discovered their low spots....

Hōngongoi (July) 2019 Newsletter

July 25, 2019

WAIKAWA BEACH RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION waikawabeach.nz Hōngongoi (July) 2019 Newsletter Kia ora e te whānau. Well, it's that time of year when we have calm,...

Pipiri (June) 2019 Newsletter

June 15, 2019

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) WAIKAWA BEACH RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION waikawabeach.org.nz ** Pipiri (June) 2019 Newsletter Kia...

Important reminders about meetings, erosion, river quality

June 5, 2019

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) WAIKAWA BEACH RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION waikawabeach.org.nz ** Quick Updates Pipiri (June) 2019...

Haratua (May) 2019 Newsletter

May 23, 2019

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Public Meeting on erosion 08 June 2019

April 27, 2019

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) WAIKAWA BEACH RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION waikawabeach.org.nz ** Public meeting about Waikawa Beach...

Paenga-whāwhā (April) 2019 Newsletter

April 23, 2019

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) WAIKAWA BEACH RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION waikawabeach.org.nz ** Paenga-whāwhā (April) 2019...

Poutū-te-rangi (March) 2019 Newsletter

March 27, 2019

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Hui-tanguru (February) 2019 Newsletter

March 6, 2019

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) WAIKAWA BEACH RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION waikawabeach.org.nz ** Hui-tanguru (February) 2019...

Hakihea (December) 2018 WBRA Newsletter

December 15, 2018

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November 2018 WBRA Newsletter

November 15, 2018

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October 2018 WBRA Newsletter

October 10, 2018

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September 2018 WBRA Newsletter

September 20, 2018

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August 2018 WBRA Newsletter

August 12, 2018

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July 2018 WBRA Newsletter

July 11, 2018

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On Track Waikawa Update 28 June 2018

June 28, 2018

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| ** On Track Waikawa Update 28 June 2018 Good news, folks. Two diggers and two dump trucks spent the day rearranging the sand on our beach...

On Track Waikawa update 27 June 2018

June 27, 2018

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| ** On Track Waikawa update 27 June 2018 Kia ora folks. We finally have some news to share with the On Track Waikawa group about beach...

June 2018 WBRA Newsletter

June 10, 2018

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) WAIKAWA BEACH RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION waikawabeach.org.nz ** June 2018 Newsletter Kia ora...

On Track Waikawa Update 21 May 2018

May 21, 2018

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| ** On Track Waikawa Update 21 May 2018 Kia ora folks, We held a Public Meeting on Saturday, 19 May 2018, attended by around 100 people....

On Track Waikawa Update 18 May 2018

May 18, 2018

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| ** Reading: Public access to Waikawa Beach Kia ora folks, thanks for being interested enough in public access to Waikawa Beach to sign up...

On Track Waikawa — access for all to the beach

May 9, 2018

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) WAIKAWA BEACH RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION waikawabeach.org.nz ** Beach Access Update, May 2018...

Urgent Update #4 on submissions to HDC

March 20, 2018

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| ** Submissions to the Horowhenua District Council close 26 March 2018, 05:00 PM. Urgent Waikawa Beach Ratepayers Update Folks, SUBMISSIONS...