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Staying safe in the Hutt Valley
Feeling safe and being safe is really important for a healthy, prosperous Hutt Valley.
We all have a part to play in keeping our communities safe, and here you'll find everything you need to help you do just that.
You can find out how to keep yourself, your whānau and your neighbourhood safe, plus stay up to date with all the great programmes that help make the Hutt Valley a safe place for us all.
Safe Hutt Valley is a group of organisations committed to promoting safety in the Hutt Valley through a range of programmes. Our commitment to safety has been recognised by the Hutt Valley being accredited as an International Safe Community. The Safe Communities approach is endorsed by the World Health Organisation. Read more…
Quick Links
Mayor on Patrol
Lower Hutt's Mayor Ray Wallace was out and about on the weekend with Lower Hutt's safe City Ambassadors.
The Mayor posted on his facebook page " About to go out on patrol with Lower Hutt's safe City Ambassadors. They do a fantastic job…Hill Street Blues TV show comes to mind, Be safe out there people "
Come & help Upper Hutt celebrate White Ribbon Day
November 26, 2017 Family Fun day from 12.30pm, Harcourt park( Rain Location, Lane Park Auditorium, 22 Lane Street, Wallaceville )
There will be activities for the whole family, including live music, speakers, big bikes and food.
Council affiliates with Neighbourhood Support
Neighbourhood Support in the Hutt Valley is facilitated by the two local Councils; Hutt City and Upper Hutt City Council, who are both affiliated to the national umbrella organisation Neighbourhood Support New Zealand (NSNZ).
Annual White Ribbon Family Fun Day
The Annual White Ribbon, Family Fun Day planned for November 26 2016 was to be a big open air concert and kid's program at Lane Park in Wallaceville. Although the organisation for the event had started a little later than previously everything was in place for a wonderful outdoors event, however, early on the morning of the 26th it was decided that the weather was too unsettled to risk setting up the electrical and sound gear necessary outside, and were we lucky we made that decision because at 11.00, just half an hour before the gates opened the clouds just opened up and absolutely poured with rain. Fortunately because we were at Lane Park we had always planned for this and simply moved the event indoors.
Upper Hutt City Council 'drives' White Ribbon awareness campaign
Upper Hutt has collaborated with White Ribbon and Safe Hutt Valley to produce 3,000 White Ribbon bumper stickers. the bumper stickers have been permanently fixed to all Council fleet cars, portraying a simple yet effective message: 'Respect can stop violence towards women.' Additionally, they prompt the viewer to visit the White Ribbon website and consider taking the White Ribbon pledge.
"While the White Ribbon campaign is very visible throughout November, the reality is that violence towards women is a year- round issue, "says Council's Director of Community Services, Mike Ryan. "The bumper stickers are a great way for Council to continually advocate that violence is not OK, ever."
Upper Hutt's Emerging Painted Environment
By installing murals in public places within the City, Upper Hutt City Council's Youth Development and Painted Environment mural projects aim to decrease graffiti, increase the perception of safety within Upper Hutt, build cultural and heritage character in Upper Hutt and beautify Upper Hutt.
Safe Hutt Valley Reaccreditation
On 14 December 2015 partners signed A Safe Community Agreement between Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand and Hutt Valley (Upper and Lower Hutt ) to implement and ongoing programme of community safety that enhances the safety of it's residents, contractors, visitors and community participants. The parties agree to develop, support and guide safe Community networks, locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.
CRAVES Project
Hutt City Council have joined forces with Hutt Valley Police to remind people that thieves are currently targeting parked vehicles in Lower Hutt.
Timberlea in "TOP" Shape after Street Clean Up
Streets in Timberlea were a hive of activity on Saturday June 20 as residents cleaned up, creating safer, healthier home environments while connecting with their community in the process.
CCTV Launch
Earlier this month Hutt City Council, Upper Hutt City Council and the Lower Hutt Police marked the beginning of the first phase in the three year CCTV upgrade project in Hutt City.
Wainuiomata Good Neighbour Award
The Wainuiomata Good Neighbour Award was launched on 1st February 2015. This is the second time Hutt Safe City Group and Wainuiomata Neighbourhood Support have hosted the event.
Community Connection through Neighbours Night
Upper Hutt City Council held Timberlea Neighbours Night on Friday 27 February which was a huge success.
Naenae anti-graffiti programme launch
The Mayor officially launched the Naenae anti-graffiti programme at the Hilary Court in Naenae on 26 February.
Kid's Route to School Brighter thanks to Art project
Students walking to and from Fernlea School in Wainuiomata now have a much more attractive route, thanks to an "Adopt a Spot" project
Safety Begins at Home
Most injuries happen in the home and are easy to prevent, so Safe Hutt Valley partners have teamed up to offer free home safety checks…
X-ROADS: Good Mates, Good Choices
Safe Hutt Valley and partners held an event in June 2014 to educate young drivers, and promote good choices around alcohol and drugs…
Liquor Compliance Essentials Manual
In February 2014, Safe Hutt Valley's Alcohol Harm group launched a manual…
Family Violence – what you can do
Ever wondered how you can help a friend, neighbour or family member who you think might be experiencing family violence?
See the Person, Share the Road
Safe Hutt Valley is supporting NZTA's See the Person Share the Road campaign, which encourages drivers to look out for cyclists, and reminds all road users to be courteous…


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Life Lately
I can't say anything particularly exciting happened during the month of May, besides seeing alt-J live, treating myself to the stunning Diptyque Le Redouté Candle (that marble tho) and going into work to discover Series 2 of The Simpsons Lego figurines! I had so much fun collecting the first series and can't wait to have all sixteen from the second. Wow, I'm a nerd. June should be a little more fun-filled as my best friend will be here next week before she jet sets off to the UK on a Working Visa and I'm also planning a little trip back home. It terrifies me that we're through with the first half of the year. I'm feeling a little bit down and out as I've been sidetracked from achieving my goals for 2015, so I'll definitely be revisiting those next month.
My beauty social media internship is going well and it feels really rewarding to finally be doing work that I love. The office is a big converted warehouse shared amongst freelancers and other startups, and furnished with a pool table, ping pong table and couches! Oh, and of course, desks. It's a lot of fun. I really don't picture myself as the corporate type wearing proper business attire on a day-to-day basis and I definitely feel more "me" working in a more laid back environment. I get to do what I'd be doing in my free time and while it's not paid, I'm keeping hopeful that it'll lead to exciting job prospects in the future. In the meantime, I'm definitely enjoying the free beauty products! Sometimes I get a little bummed out when I think about how "far ahead" people are over me in their careers (or just life in general!), but I have to remind myself to stop with the comparison and that life isn't a race, nor a competition. Be content with what you have, while working for what you want, as they say.
Like I mentioned above, I saw alt-J live at the beginning of the month and wow, what a mind-blowing show! As a band still relatively new on the scene, I can't believe how huge these guys are now as the venue was absolutely packed, I don't think I'd ever been to a bigger show before. I'm not usually one for big stadium or arena concerts because - without sounding like a hipster (lol) - I guess I'm more into indie artists who play more intimate shows. However, even watching alt-J from afar, it didn't take away from their music at all and I loved hearing all my favourite songs of theirs live for the first time.
In May, I rediscovered my love for Bloc Party and listened to the new releases from Best Coast, Hot Chip, Walls, Passion Pit, Tanlines and the most exciting of all, Jamie freaking xx! With him releasing singles sporadically over the last few years, I feel like I had been waiting what felt like forever for this album and I have to say, In Colours, was so worth the wait. Loud Places is such a God damn sexy tune and if I were living on the other side of the world right now, it would definitely be my summer jam. SO GOOD. Can't even.
Film and television
After Parks and Recreation ended back in February, we said goodbye to another beloved television show this year. I really didn't know what to expect with the Mad Men series finale, however, without giving anything away, it ended so perfectly and so fitting with the entire run of the show. I had that song stuck in my head for days! Having studied Advertising myself back at university, I thoroughly enjoyed this brilliant TV series and I'm now on the hunt for another drama to sink my teeth into. I'm thinking I'll finally give into Breaking Bad. I'm really going to miss having the devilishly handsome Don Draper in my life though.
I watched quite a few movies this month; a few Oscar-nominated films and ones with a lot of buzz surrounding them, including Boyhood, Whiplash, Foxcatcher, Wild, Interstellar and Cake. I definitely enjoyed Boyhood and Whiplash the most, the latter being absolutely incredible and engaging right from start to finish. On the contrary, I found Interstellar a little bit boring at times, but then again, I'm really not into the sci-fi genre, despite everyone saying how amazing it was. In Cake, I was really blown away by Jennifer Aniston's performance. A definite far cry from her usual romantic comedies.
In other movies, I saw Lost River, Ryan Gosling's directorial debut (he wrote the movie too), and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. It's really strange; I definitely got those David Lynch vibes from his film and I really enjoyed the soundtrack by Johnny Jewel, who also contributed music to Drive. Another actor-directed movie I watched was Argo. This Ben Affleck film was so insanely good and one I didn't expect to enjoy as much as I did. You know those movies that get so intense and so suspenseful, you have to pause it to recompose and remind yourself that it's just a movie? This was one of those films and then my mind further was blown away to learn that it was based on a true story! Highly recommended viewing.
Lastly, I watched a really fascinating documentary called Bert Stern: Original Madman, which I had been trying to track down for literally years. It tells the story of photographer, Bert Stern, and how it was essentially him who began the whole "Mad Men" era of advertising during the late 1950s. It documents his life and his career; photographing celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Twiggy, Shelley Winters (she was the actress from Lolita and it was Bert Stern who was responsible for the infamous heart-shaped sunglasses) and even contemporaries such as Kate Moss and Lindsay Lohan. From photography, advertising, fashion and pop culture, I feel like a lot of you would enjoy this.
Around the web
- The 100 All-Time Greatest Quotes About Cats on Thought Catalog. *heart eyes cat emoji*
- Hugh Jackman Teaches Jimmy Fallon How to Really Eat Vegemite. Pfft, foreigners. YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. It's 20% Vegemite, 80% buttery goodness.
- After putting together my My Favourite YouTube Channels blog post (which was so well-received, by the way! Thank you all so much for the awesome feedback!), I discovered the lovely Lindsey over at Lindseyrem, who I've been binge-watching as of late. Definitely check out her channel!
- In addition to that, one my favourites, SianShutterbug, finally made a return to YouTube! It's really refreshing to see girls just doing their own thing with their channels and not get caught up in the celebrity culture and ~career~ side of it all.
- Tame Impala released the music video for their song, 'Cause I'm A Man, from their upcoming album, Currents, out the 17th of July.
- So much new music! Disclosure shared the first single off their upcoming album, Neon Indian released his new single called Annie, Alpine's new song Come On is so good, I'm actually dying for the new album, Flume debuted the song, Some Minds, and Postiljonen have given us more dreamy synth pop with Wait.
- My friend Brodie is back (or so I hope) on the blogging scene! Check out her May Favourites.
1. Best Coast - California Nights
2. Tanlines - Slipping Away
3. We Have Band - Save Myself
4. Hot Chip - Need You Now
5. Röyksopp - I Had This Thing (featuring Jamie Irrepressible)
6. Jamie xx - Sleep Sound
7. Bloc Party - Obscene
8. Kate Tempest - Circles
9. Jamie xx - Loud Places (ft. Romy)
10. Bloc Party - Montreal
11. alt-J - Something Good
12. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Baby

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This beautiful masterpiece is brought to you by my favorite aunt Linda. She introduced her families secret glaze recipe last year and I will forever be grateful! The best thing about this sweet ham glaze is its super easy to make and has a beautiful presentation and Mmmm delicious!
1 spiral-sliced half ham
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon corn starch
8 1/2 oz. can sliced pineapple
1 Tablespoon prepared mustard
1 small jar maraschino cherries
Several toothpicks
Preheat the oven as directed on the ham package. Arrange the pineapple slices on top of the ham, securing them with toothpicks. Place a cherry in the center of each pineapple ring and secure with a toothpick. Follow the instructions for baking the ham.
Remove the ham from the oven about 30 minutes before the end of the warming time. In a small cooking pan, combine brown sugar, salt, lemon juice, corn starch, prepared mustard, and just enough of the reserved pineapple juice to make a thick glaze. Bring to a slight boil. Spoon the glaze over the ham and bake for the remaining 30 minutes. Remove the ham from the oven, transfer to a cutting board and carve.


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Letters to the Editor
State should let us deduct ID monitoring
Everyone's worse nightmare has come true. Tax records containing sensitive information, including Social Security numbers and bank account numbers, have been exposed because the state did not have sufficient safeguards in place.
Even though the state is providing us with one year of credit monitoring, its liability should not end at that time. If we continue this credit monitoring on an individual basis, the cost will be between $160 and $240 per year. Since these hackers can hold onto this data for an unlimited amount of time, we can only assume that we will have to continue paying for this service indefinitely. Do the math over a period of a few years.
If we have to pay out of our pocket for a mistake that was made by the state, then the state of South Carolina should allow us to deduct this expense when we file our state income tax.
The writer lives in Little River.