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Emmecat 
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 Posted: 07 January 2009 at 6:13pm |
Ooooh I live in Tawa...can I come play too?  I lived here 10 years ago for few years and we just moved back about 3 months ago.
If we're meeting on the Sunday 24 Jan I can bring our little foster son. On the Saturday it'll just be me and my bump lol 
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BugTeeny
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Posted: 07 January 2009 at 6:26pm |
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Aww Emmecat - I moved away from Tawa almost 10 years ago.
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catisla
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Posted: 07 January 2009 at 8:13pm |
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can't believe how many of us live in Tawa! (i have probably bumped into most of you in and out of the shops and library and not even known it . . . )
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MrsMojo
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Posted: 07 January 2009 at 8:17pm |
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I know, funny aye. That's why I started this thread because I couldn't get over how many OB members are from this little suburb.
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Kazzle
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:19am |
 Emmecat wrote:
Ooooh I live in Tawa...can I come play too? I lived here 10 years ago for few years and we just moved back about 3 months ago.
If we're meeting on the Sunday 24 Jan I can bring our little foster son. On the Saturday it'll just be me and my bump lol |
of course you can bring your foster son, the more the merrier
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monikah
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 10:30am |
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im kinda a tawanite. i married a born and bred tawa boy. went to tawa college and didnt move out till a few years ago. we live in petone now but his parents are still there and i lived with them for about 6 months when i was in debt before our wedding. i cant beleive how many of us there are. if anyone is around the early mid-20s mark they would have been at college with DH and a whole bunch of our friends. crazy
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BugTeeny
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 12:07pm |
hehe I probably went to Tawa College with half of the people on OB
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MumsyMoo
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 12:15pm |
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My DF is 24... 25 in May, he left at the beginning of 7th form though, to take on an electrical apprenticeship.
Me, well I went to Kapiti College, grew up on the Kapiti Coast and I miss it terribly!
It's a shame that DF is as Tawanese as they come... He just won't even consider leaving!
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BugTeeny
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:18pm |
Hmm...I might get Mum to bring my old year books - your DF is 3 years below me, so is bound to be in them
(well, I assume 3 years below - I'm 28 in May)
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MrsMojo
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:35pm |
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I have a friend that went to Tawa College about the same time as you Charly, and another who would have been a couple of years ahead but her little sister would have been in your year.
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BugTeeny
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:39pm |
Ooh! Gimme names
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MrsMojo
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Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:45pm |
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pm'd you
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newbride
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 8:45am |
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I grew up in Tawa before my parents moved into town. DH lived in Tawa for years and now we live in Whitby so not too far from Tawa in itself but I think we will end up being back there if we have another child soon.
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BugTeeny
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Posted: 09 January 2009 at 9:57am |
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Man, another to add to the list!
Crazy!
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newbride
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Posted: 10 January 2009 at 8:08am |
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I know it's crazy!! Tawa is good for family but wouldn't want to live there if we didn't have kids.
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KiwiL
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Posted: 17 January 2009 at 7:26pm |
Hey. We're considering buying a house in Tawa, as it is a bit cheaper than Wellington.
Where are the good places to buy? Are there any areas that should be avoided. A few places we are going to go to open homes are:
- Taylor Tce (Sundale)
- St Edmund Cres (Redwood)
- Cambridge St (Central)
Any comments? Ta!!!
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Posted: 17 January 2009 at 8:51pm |
My personal preference is to live on the sunny side of the tracks so Taylor Terrace would be perfect for that! Cambridge Street would be pretty good too, being so central it's out of the shade of the hill and nice and close to Grasslees park (which will be handy when your wee man is a bit older) but I'm not sure about St Edmund Cres. Your best bet is to go there on a sunny afternoon and see if it's shaded or not.
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catisla
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Posted: 18 January 2009 at 12:18pm |
definitly look for the side between the railway and the motorway.
Don't be put off by the motorway - we barely hear it and it is only about 100 yards away (you have been to my house so that should give you an idea anyway
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All i really know is that the area around Davidson Cres is supposed to be not so nice . . . (though i speak from hear-say and not personal experience)
ETA Yay! Come and live in Tawa Laurie!
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BugTeeny
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Posted: 18 January 2009 at 1:42pm |
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When I lived in Tawa (I left 10 years ago, mind you) Davidson Cres/Turkington street weren't "desirable" streets to live on.
Thanks to divorced parents I had a house on St Aidan's Way and one on Collins ave - about as opposite-sides-of-town as you could get back then - and loved them both.
The Collins ave house (near the top) had a lovely big sun-trap of a garden and the St Aidan's way house, being on a hill, got lots of sun, too.
But I prefer the Linden area to live.
Close to Linden and Tawa railway stations, a quick jump onto the motorway to go to town or Porirua.
Close to the pool, a few kindy's and primary schools in close range.
Edited by MamaPickle
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Have you ever lived in Tawa?
My wee girl is the love and light of my life! 
