Know what’s happening
Access the private noticeboard for verified neighbours near you. Keep informed about any suspicious activity, send urgent updates to your neighbours when required and discuss emergency planning.
Get to know your neighbours
Browse the directory and start getting to know your neighbours. Don’t want to post to the whole neighbourhood? Send a private message.
Buy, sell and give away
Want to declutter your garage? Buy some used household items? Give away some garden stuff? Become a verified neighbour to browse and post items for sale. Trading is simple when everyone lives nearby.
Other, Clubs
We carry out two types of activities for our Members – helping and financial.
Helping activities look after the welfare of our Members by:
- Providing subsidised medical prescriptions
- Paying benevolent payments during hardship
- Giving education awards
- Scheduling helping projects and working bees
- Arranging companionship at home
- Transporting to appointments
- Organising social events and Lodge meetings
- Offering Member-only deals to save money
- Issuing Member Discount Cards, and
- Providing affordable holiday homes
Helping activities are our core purpose and are a significant reason for members joining a friendly society like Manchester Unity.
Our Financial activities provide insurance products to our 13,000 members.
We fund our helping activities through members’ spend on:
- Paying insurance premiums
- Booking holiday homes, and
- Remitting lodge membership dues
All policyholders must be members of Manchester Unity.
We are a proudly New Zealand owned mutual insurer.