Poll: Will you be celebrating Anzac day?
Taranaki's Anzac Day commemorations begin early with dawn parades all around the mountain. Will you be attending?
In New Plymouth the dawn service begins with a march at 6am from the corner of King and Queen Sts to the Cenotaph.
At 10am a civic service will be held at the cenotaph.
Okato has a service at 10.15am at the Hempton Hall and at Inglewood, marchers will gather outside Hammer Hardware at 5.45am to march to the cenotaph for 6am.
Waitara RSA's dawn parade leaves the RSA club at 5.45am to march to the cenotaph for a service at 6am. A parade will leave the RSA at 9.45am to march to the civic ceremony at 10 in the Waitara War Memorial Hall.
Urenui has a service in the community centre at 10am and at Uruti a service begins in the church at 10am while at Awakino there is a service in the hall at 11am.
In Stratford, the dawn service will be held at the Cross of Sacrifice outside the War Memorial Centre, Miranda St at 5.55am.
The parade begins at 10.30am, starting from the RSA building on Miranda St, marching to the southern roundabout. It will then proceed along Broadway to the northern roundabout, turning onto Regan Street and Miranda street to end at the War Memorial car park for the start of the civic service.
Following the parade a civic service will be held at the War Memorial Centre at 11.00am. The wreath laying ceremony will be held at the Cross of Sacrifice following the civic service. A cup of tea will follow the wreath laying.
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56.3% Yes, it's important that we remember the Anzacs.
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12.5% No, nothing will get me out of bed that early.
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31.3% I can't make it but I'll buy a poppy.
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Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
🎉 2026 is almost here!
We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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9.6% Yes! New Year, New Me
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17.1% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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73.3% Nah - not for me
Update to Neighbourly members on data breach 06/01/2025 8am
Yesterday in the High Court at Auckland, Neighbourly was successful in being granted an injunction against any unauthorised use of the data taken in a recent breach.
As we alerted you on January 1 and confirmed on January 3, our systems were accessed illegally and members’ information, including names, email addresses, GPS coordinates from the address you provided to us, forum posts and direct member communications were among the data that was accessed.
We acted immediately upon hearing of a potential breach: we temporarily disabled the site, notified members and authorities and worked with our external security consultants to understand if and how it had occurred. We then confirmed the breach with members, safely restored the site to service and began the process of seeking the injunction. Yesterday’s decision by Justice Johnstone prohibits the use of the data by any unauthorised person, and requires them to permanently delete it, or any information obtained from it.
This does not mean that vigilance against scammers is not still required: there is a large industry globally that seeks to use stolen information for identity fraud or to dupe people into providing details of their financial affairs for theft. Again, to keep yourself safe from scammers it is critical that you:
- Don’t click links in emails. Instead, type the web address directly into your browser. This helps ensure you’re visiting a real site, not a fake one
- Enable two-factor authentication where available as this adds an extra layer of security to your data
- Stay alert for phishing emails. Be cautious of unexpected emails asking for personal information, especially ones that create a sense of urgency.
Again, we want to apologise to you for this illegal access to the Neighbourly database and to assure you that we have carefully worked through how this occurred. We have safely secured the site and its services for use and ensured we have robust processes in place so this cannot happen again.
We are continuing to work with the relevant authorities, including the National Cyber Security Centre, on any further steps we need to take.
If you have any further questions please contact us via our customer support team at helpdesk@neighbourly.co.nz.
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