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Haven Falls can arrange any type of funeral service depending on your family’s spiritual and cultural traditions. We offer 24-hour quality care and professional service Auckland-wide, with funeral packages from $3,990 + GST. No deposit required, 30 day invoice.
Find us at 3 View Road, … View moreHaven Falls can arrange any type of funeral service depending on your family’s spiritual and cultural traditions. We offer 24-hour quality care and professional service Auckland-wide, with funeral packages from $3,990 + GST. No deposit required, 30 day invoice.
Find us at 3 View Road, Henderson.
Phone 09 838 1616 and 0800 428363 or visit our website www.havenfalls.co.nz for more information.
Kia ora neighbours, it’s the team from EcoMatters. On Saturday 16 March, EcoWest Festival is kicking off with Cycle-Powered Cinema at the Avondale Shops, and you’re all invited!
From 6-9pm, enjoy food trucks, entertainment, art and bike-powered screenings of short films. BYO mug for a free … View moreKia ora neighbours, it’s the team from EcoMatters. On Saturday 16 March, EcoWest Festival is kicking off with Cycle-Powered Cinema at the Avondale Shops, and you’re all invited!
From 6-9pm, enjoy food trucks, entertainment, art and bike-powered screenings of short films. BYO mug for a free hot chocolate. More details on Facebook.
It’ll just be the start of a month-long festival celebrating our stunning environment, and with more than 120 events in six event categories, we’re sure you’ll find something up your alley.
Visit www.ecowest.org.nz for more details. We’ll see you around!
Hi neighbours, there is apparently one United Video store left in the city. The owners of United Video in Blockhouse Bay are selling more than 50,000 DVDs as their business is no longer sustainble. Do you miss video stores? Did you go to the United Video store in Blockhouse Bay?
Please add NP if… View moreHi neighbours, there is apparently one United Video store left in the city. The owners of United Video in Blockhouse Bay are selling more than 50,000 DVDs as their business is no longer sustainble. Do you miss video stores? Did you go to the United Video store in Blockhouse Bay?
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An Auckland family has been unable to take proper showers or wash clothes for more than a month bec…
"Voluntary redundancy gives employees the option to elect to leave the business for personal reasons, and to receive redundancy compensation." Around 600 front line call centre and retail staff "were exempted from this offer to avoid any disruption to customer service while we work … View more"Voluntary redundancy gives employees the option to elect to leave the business for personal reasons, and to receive redundancy compensation." Around 600 front line call centre and retail staff "were exempted from this offer to avoid any disruption to customer service while we work through our company-wide review of our operating model," Gieck said. She added that the voluntary redundancy offer was separate to compulsory redundancies that will affect a so far unknown number of the telco's 2800 staff. Insiders have told there is a broad expectation that the voluntary and compulsory redundancy processes will see around 400 staff culled. However, new chief executive Jason Paris has emphasised there is no set number. It won't be fixed until the review wraps up at the end of this month. Last week, Unite Union organiser Shirley Wang told the Herald that 50 of her members who worked at a Vodafone NZ contact centre were in the gun. She expected their jobs to be offshored. A "climate of fear and anxiety" had been created by the restructure process, Wang said. "There will be no closures of New Zealand call centres as an outcome of this process," Paris said. However, Paris did early acknowledge the possibility of some contact centre roles being offshored, saying: "As a proud and passionate New Zealander my preference is to keep roles in NZ, but when the customer service is the same or better and at a much lower cost then it's tough to ignore this option. Just to clarify that in these overseas call centres we pay the agents well based on their local market and cost of living."
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Hi neighbours,
We recently heard from a man who received a delayed remaining annual leave entitlement upon his resignation because his manager wouldn't accept a handwritten resignation letter.
If this has happened to you, we'd like to hear from you! What did your letter say? Was it … View moreHi neighbours,
We recently heard from a man who received a delayed remaining annual leave entitlement upon his resignation because his manager wouldn't accept a handwritten resignation letter.
If this has happened to you, we'd like to hear from you! What did your letter say? Was it professionally written but still rejected?
What was your manager's reason for rejecting it? What did you do about it?
Let us know in the comments or email caroline.williams@stuff.co.nz.
(Please add "NFP/not for print" if you do not want your images/ comments used on Stuff)
Clocks go back by 1 hour at 3am on 7 April 2019. If you do not have the ten year smoke alarms this is the perfect time to:
# check use by dates on your existing smoke alarms and replace if expired
# check and replace batteries
If you have elderly Family, Friends or Neighbours offer to check … View moreClocks go back by 1 hour at 3am on 7 April 2019. If you do not have the ten year smoke alarms this is the perfect time to:
# check use by dates on your existing smoke alarms and replace if expired
# check and replace batteries
If you have elderly Family, Friends or Neighbours offer to check their smoke alarms for them.
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The agency will continue to fund other community events such as Diwali, the Lantern Festival and Pasifica. Chairman of Auckland Children's Christmas Parade Trust, Michael Barnett, says he is frustrated ATEED has decided to discontinue funding. "Most ratepayers would support the Parade … View moreThe agency will continue to fund other community events such as Diwali, the Lantern Festival and Pasifica. Chairman of Auckland Children's Christmas Parade Trust, Michael Barnett, says he is frustrated ATEED has decided to discontinue funding. "Most ratepayers would support the Parade which is a national and iconic event that Auckland has hosted for 85 years." The Parade will lose $45,000.00
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In our own backyard, our youngest kids are going without the basics. Unlike schools, early childhood centres don’t have a nationwide support programme. Children under 5 are at the most crucial age for brain development.
But KidsCan is helping. Since October they've been delivering five … View moreIn our own backyard, our youngest kids are going without the basics. Unlike schools, early childhood centres don’t have a nationwide support programme. Children under 5 are at the most crucial age for brain development.
But KidsCan is helping. Since October they've been delivering five fresh meals a week to 25 early childhood centres, and kitting out kids with new raincoats and shoes. They want to extend the programme, so no one misses out on learning.
KidsCan, Neighbourly and Stuff have partnered up to raise enough money to feed and clothe 1000 more children under five. To support a child, sign up at KidsCan.org.nz.
One of Auckland's last video stores is closing its doors, meaning there will apparently be only two …
When a family went to pay for their meal out at Cobb & Co, a stranger had already taken care of the bill. Claire, 25, and her partner Jay, 22, dined at Cobb & Co two Sundays ago with their children Harper, 6, and six-month-old Arlo.
But before the family had even finished their meals, the … View moreWhen a family went to pay for their meal out at Cobb & Co, a stranger had already taken care of the bill. Claire, 25, and her partner Jay, 22, dined at Cobb & Co two Sundays ago with their children Harper, 6, and six-month-old Arlo.
But before the family had even finished their meals, the bill had already been settled. The mother, who only wanted to be identified as Claire, said the waitress handed them a receipt with the words "a little act of kindness" on the top. Claire said the bill would have probably totalled about $100 and she hoped to find the person who paid for their meals to say thank you. "The restaurant wasn't busy at all maybe three people all together..." she said.
"I briefly remember seeing a dark blonde haired lady in a stripy shirt walk past us and smile as she was walking to the toilet while my fiancé was nursing our son." Later, Claire had asked the waitress if that was the woman who had paid for their meals and it was. But Claire said the woman had asked the waitress not to reveal her name and for the receipt to be handed to the family after she had left the restaurant. Claire said acts of kindness like this made her want to repay the favour. "I am always paying it forward and I never expect it back. I usually give food to the less fortunate and help others when I can, I wasn't expecting to actually receive something so kind back," she said. "I will definitely pay it forward again in the hope of starting a chain reaction and getting more people to help others without expecting it back in return."
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Spa itself in good condition and is water tight, jets all working as at last use (18 months ago).
Needs a new pump and some TLC.
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