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Happy Valley currently has a small eclectic Green community. There is an active community garden nearby the main waterway, the Owhiro Stream, between Åwhiro Bay School and the coast. North Happy Valley has an active environmental care group called
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adjacent to the landfill opened in 1997. It sells second-hand goods that would otherwise be thrown away, and each year saves around 1000 tonnes of materials from going to the landfill.
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