No power? Use the Council’s hot showers
26 June 2013
No power? Use the Council’s hot showers
Wellington residents who are still without power after last Thursday’s storms are invited to use hot showers at City Council recreation centres and swimming pools (see contacts and opening hours below).
Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown, who visited some of the homes without power this morning with the Council’s Local Host staff, says people are welcome to head to our community centres to warm up.
“We are working closely with Wellington Electricity and understand around 500 homes are still without power because of the extensive damage,” she says.
“If your power’s still off and you need to warm up, please come and have a hot drink and a chat to staff at one of our community centres. We are also offering free hot showers at our pools and recreation centres. You can also spend time and stay warm at your local library.”
Mayor Wade-Brown also encourages people to check on their neighbours if they are still without power, especially if they’re elderly or vulnerable.
“Today I joined the team knocking on doors where people were possibly without power, and most people are well supported by neighbours and family. Wellington City Council will continue to encourage community resilience and neighbourhood connections,” she says.
Meanwhile, many walking tracks around the city are closed due to safety concerns.
Trees have fallen or have precariously hanging limbs and there are slips and other damage to tracks.
Affected areas that are
currently closed include:
• parts of the Northern
Walkway on Te Ahumairangi (Tinakori Hill)
• Moturoa
Stream Walkway in Central Park – where fallen trees have
damaged at least one footbridge
• City to Sea Walkway
through Finnimore Terrace, above Rugby League
Park
• Conviction track in Centennial Reserve,
Miramar
• parts of the Lookout and Summit Walkways on
Mt Victoria
• Te Araroa national walkway through Spicer
Forest
• Berhampore Golf Course, which closed due to
fallen trees on the fairways.
While we’ll try to clean up the tracks and ensure they’re safe for use as soon as possible, some may remain out of action for several months. The Council’s key priorities at the moment are to fix roads, clear sportsfields and remove trees posing pressing threats to the public.
The four-wheel drive track from Owhiro Bay to Red Rocks will also be closed for the foreseeable future – the roadway has been pretty much destroyed by the huge seas that hit the south coast.
Council staff are still gathering information in the reserve network and there may be additional track closures.
We’re working on getting signage out into affected areas and on our website. If you’re planning on using any tracks around the city, it’s important to respect any closures – and take care.
For the latest storm response updates from Wellington Electricity please go to www.welectricity.co.nz
Pools
www.wellington.govt.nz/recreation/pools
Freyberg
Pool and Fitness Centre, 139 Oriental Parade:
6am–9pm,
phone 801 4530
Karori Pool, 22 Donald Street,
Karori:
6am–9pm, phone 476 5400
Keith Spry Pool, 15
Frankmoore Avenue, Johnsonville:
6am–9pm, phone 478
9237
Tawa Pool, Davies Street, Tawa:
6am–9pm, phone
232 7041
Wellington Regional Aquatic Centre, 63 Kilbirnie
Crescent, Kilbirnie:
6am–9pm, phone 387
8029
Recreation Centres
www.wellington.govt.nz/recreation/recreation-centres
Karori
Recreation Centre, opposite Karori Mall, phone 476
8090
Monday–Friday 8.30am–10pm
Saturday
8.30am–6pm
Sunday 12 noon–6pm
Kilbirnie Recreation
Centre, 101 Kilbirnie Crescent, phone 387 1491
Monday
10.30am–2.30pm
Tuesday and Wednesday
9am–2.30pm
Thursday 10.30am–2.30pm
Friday
9am–2.30pm
Saturday 9am -12 noon
Nairnville
Recreation Centre, cnr Cockayne Road and Lucknow Terrace,
phone 479 2022
Monday–Thursday 8.30am–10pm
Friday
8.30am–8.30pm
Saturday 8.45am–9pm
Sunday 12
noon–6pm
ASB Sports Centre, 72 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie,
phone 830 0500
www.wellington.govt.nz/recreation/asb-sports-centre
Open
daily 7am–10 pm
Community Centres
Please
contact community centres for opening hours
www.wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/community-centres
• Churton
Park Community Centre, 75 Lakewood Avenue, Churton Park,
phone 830 4802
• Island Bay Community Centre, 137 The
Parade, Island Bay (behind the pharmacy), phone 383
7464
• Newlands Community Centre, 9 Batchelor Street,
phone 477 3724
• Tawa Community Centre, 5 Cambridge
Street, Tawa, phone 232 1682
• Aro Valley Community
Centre, 48 Aro Street, phone 384 8499
• Brooklyn
Community Centre, 12–18 Harrison Street, Brooklyn, phone
384 6799
• Crossways Community Centre, level 1, 6
Roxburgh Street, Mt Victoria, phone 384 4770
• Hataitai
Community House, 112 Waipapa Road, Hataitai, phone 383
7464
• Johnsonville Community Centre, 3 Frankmoore
Avenue, Johnsonville, phone 478 8628
• Karori Community
Centre, 7 Beauchamp Street, Karori, phone 476
4968
• Khandallah Town Hall Cornerstone Community
Centre, 11 Ganges Road, Khandallah, phone 479
5420
• Kilbirnie/Lyall Bay Community Centre, 56/58 Bay
Road, Kilbirnie, phone 387 7867
• Newtown Community &
Cultural Centre, cnr Colombo and Rintoul Streets, Newtown,
phone 389 4786
• Northland Memorial Community Centre, 5
Woburn Road, Northland, phone 475
8511
ENDS