2022 / 2023 Waikawa Beach Xmas / New Year Activities
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...