Public Event: Building Community & Disaster Resilience and Personal Cyber Security (Wed 11 August 2021)

Posted on 3 August, 2021 by JCA Secretary

How can our community be better prepared to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies? And how can we secure our personal devices and home computers to prevent the loss of important information?

Come to the Collective Community Hub (1/33 Johnsonville Road) on Wednesday 11 August from 7:30-9:00pm to hear from two experts. The event will also be live-streamed on the JCA YouTube page. https://youtube.com/channel/UCmBkWhhukCPzp4_fYRtCXQw

Our first guest speaker is Rodney Barber, new President of the Newlands Paparangi Progressive Association (NPPA), who will talk about how NPPA is working to improve community and disaster resilience.

NPPA have recently launched a “Coordinated Community Enterprise” to enable residents to connect, build trust, and access resources to improve wellbeing and resilience, and speak with one voice in decision-making. There is more information on the NPPA website https://newlandsnz.weebly.com/

Our second speaker is Nadia Yousef, CERT NZ’s Incident Response Manager, who will outline practical steps we can all take to improve our individual and home cyber security.

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WCC Spatial Plan: Add Your Voice! (Or Ours…)

Posted on 22 June, 2021 by JCA Secretary

WCC Councillors vote tomorrow, 24 June 2021, on proposals for a Spatial Plan that will dramatically change the future shape of Johnsonville. A copy of the JCA presentation outlining our concerns and recommendations will soon be available here.

You are invited to use the words below in their entirety, amend them to suit your views, or free-form. Just let councillors know what you think!

Jill.Day@wcc.govt.nz

Jenny.Condie@wcc.govt.nz

Malcom.Sparrow@wcc.govt.nz

Dear Councillor
I am concerned about the Wellington Spatial Plan proposals for Johnsonville.  It seems that council planning officers have not listened to residents’ submissions that some parts of the Johnsonville walking catchment are not going to work as intended under the plan.

The Johnsonville Community Association (JCA) has outlined a number of specific changes to the Spatial Plan Johnsonville Walking Catchment to ensure it is achievable:
1) Remove the three inaccessible areas to East of the motorway, on Middleton Road and up Woodland Road, from being rezoned from Type 1 Housing
2) Reduce the Metropolitan Walking Catchment from 10 minutes to 5 minutes, so residential areas far from public transport and town centre facilities are not rezoned.
3) Remove the rezoning of Type 1 housing to Type 2 housing in residential areas outside the 10-minute walking catchment for Johnsonville.

The JCA has also outlined some other requests to ensure the Spatial Plan will support the changes proposed for Johnsonville:
4) Add a requirement to complete a Future Demand and Capacity Assessment for the Johnsonville train line. We need to confirm it will cope with nearly 10,000 more residents.
5) Add a requirement to complete an Open Spaces and Play Park Spaces Assessment for a Johnsonville with thousands more residents. We need to understand there will be adequate places in Johnsonville where the children of future families living in apartments can play.

I support the JCA in their request that councillors amend the Spatial Plan as outlined above.  I ask you to support these changes to the final Wellington Spatial Plan by raising or voting for amendments that will make the above changes to the final Spatial Plan.

Regards etc.

[Your name]

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The Johnsonville train line is not “rapid transit”

Posted on 11 May, 2021 by JCA Secretary

From Tortoise to Hare in the Stroke of a Pen

The JCA supports the position expressed by fellow residents’ associations in this article.

JCA has also argued to both Greater Wellington and Wellington City councils that the Johnsonville train line does not comply with any recognised standard or definition of “rapid transit”.

To define the JVL line as rapid transit, in order to permit high-density residential development along the line, is cynical and misleading.

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Totara Park side track-building

Posted on 6 May, 2021 by JCA Secretary

Please help us add the final jewel to the crown of Johnsonville’s newest walking track at Totara Park! Work is under way on the side track leading to a picnic table with great views. It will continue fortnightly until complete.

Meet at 1pm at the fork in the main track, about 35m down from the McLintock Street entrance. Contact Graeme Sawyer, Totara Park Track Build Coordinator, ph 0274441748.

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WCC Roadworks Updates – May 2021

Posted on 2 May, 2021 by JCA Secretary

Please find a link to the latest information on WCC maintenance work planned for May across Wellington. Roadworks May 2021

As always, weather and other factors can impact on the planned programme. For the latest information, please check out the weekly roadworks report on the WCC website. https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/parking-roads-and-transport/parking-and-roads/road-works/files/weekly-bulletins/road-works.pdf

Note that the information in the spreadsheet does not include work for other organisations working in the road corridor such as Wellington Water and Wellington Electricity, nor details of building works that require access to the road or footpath. 

If you would like more information or have any questions about the roadworks, contact WCC on (04) 499 4444.

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Public Q&A on WCC Long Term Plan

Posted on 26 April, 2021 by JCA Secretary

JCA is hosting a free public forum on the Wellington City Council’s Long Term Plan 2021-2031.


Come hear how the Northern suburbs stand to benefit from the proposals to allocate Council spending, leading to annual increases to your rates.


Key panel speakers are Diane Calvert (Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward Councillor and WCC Economic Development Portfolio holder) and Jill Day (Takapū/Northern Ward Councillor and WCC Strategy & Policy Committee Chair).


Date: Thursday 29 April 2021

Time: 1930-2100

Location: Collective Community Hub, 1/33 Johnsonville Road

YouTube live stream: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmBkWhhukCPzp4_fYRtCXQw


The WCC Long Term Plan is open for submissions until 10 May 2021. You can have your say here: https://www.letstalk.wellington.govt.nz/hub-page/long-term-plan

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Monthly JCA Meeting: April 2021

Posted on 26 April, 2021 by JCA Secretary

Here is the agenda for this month’s JCA meeting, and the minutes from last month.

31 March 2021 minutes

28 April 2021 agenda


Date: Wednesday 28 April 2021

Time: 7:30-9:00pm

Location: Johnsonville Community Centre, Room 2


This month, we’ll be focusing on the following:


– Totara Park track completion (wahoo!)

– Next steps in triaging historic material in cabinets moved to Collective Community Hub

– JCA-hosted public events on GWRC and WCC Long Term Plans (the latter to come this Thurs, 29/04)

– Submissions from JCA on both LTPs

– WCC proposals for improvements to public safety around the Johnsonville bus hub


We hope to see you there!

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WCC Roadworks Updates- April 2021

Posted on 29 March, 2021 by JCA Secretary

Please find attached the latest information on WCC maintenance work planned for April across Wellington.

Roadworks Update April Master.docxDownload

As always, weather and other factors can impact on the planned programme. For the latest information, please check out the weekly roadworks report on the WCC website. https://wellington.govt.nz/-/media/parking-roads-and-transport/parking-and-roads/road-works/files/weekly-bulletins/road-works.pdf

Note that the information in the spreadsheet does not include work for other organisations working in the road corridor such as Wellington Water and Wellington Electricity, nor details of building works that require access to the road or footpath.

If you would like more information or have any questions about the roadworks, contact WCC on (04) 499 4444.

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Free Speaker Event (18/03/2021): WCC Manager Transport & Infrastructure Bradley Singh

Posted on 16 March, 2021 by JCA Secretary

Thursday 18 March 7:30pm – 9:00pm 

Location: Collective Community Hub, 33 Johnsonville Road

Bradley Singh, WCC’s Manager of Transport & Infrastructure, will speak about the Council’s current roading improvement projects in our area.  

Brad’s presentation covers the road surfacing programme, its constraints, and how Council chooses between asphalt and chipseal.  He is also able to address other roading matters. 

There will be a public Q&A afterwards.

This event is hosted by the Johnsonville Community Association in conjunction with the Collective Community Hub. 

Livestream of the event can be viewed on the JCA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoWmbPfNbcs

Brad’s presentation slides can be downloaded here:

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JCA Submission to WCC Draft Spatial Plan

Posted on 18 October, 2020 by JCA Secretary

Our submission challenges the Council’s inequitable proposal to increase Johnsonville’s population by 51% over the next 30 years, with no concurrent infrastructure planning.

JCA objects to the intention to house new residents in developments of up to 8 storeys, extending deep into the suburb.

Read on for JCA’s critical analysis of WCC’s undercooked draft spatial plan.

jca-submission-to-wccs-our-city-tomorrow-spatial-plan-oct-2020Download
Proposed building height allowances for Johnsonville before and after new Government rules were introduced in July. The purple areas on the right indicate areas where six-storey or higher building height allowances are now proposed.
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