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3112 days ago

It's National Volunteer Week!

Volunteering New Zealand

Te Radar (TV personality and local legend) shared a video with us in celebration of "National Volunteer Week: Live, Laugh, Share, Volunteer" :www.youtube.com...

Find out more about National Volunteer Week or to find a volunteer centre near you here

3113 days ago

Heading to the rugby this weekend?

The Team from

Follow the fun this Saturday 24th June and walk Auckland’s famous Fan Trail from Queens Wharf to Eden Park (or join in anywhere along the way – the corner of Ponsonby and Great North Roads is a popular place to join).

The Fan Trail will be packed with live entertainment, street performers, … View more
Follow the fun this Saturday 24th June and walk Auckland’s famous Fan Trail from Queens Wharf to Eden Park (or join in anywhere along the way – the corner of Ponsonby and Great North Roads is a popular place to join).

The Fan Trail will be packed with live entertainment, street performers, fire dancers, lighting displays, free face painting and more, all from 4pm, rain or shine.

Find out more at www.aucklandnz.com...

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3113 days ago

Heavy rainfall threatens East Auckland homes with land collapse

Tarannum Shaikh Reporter from Eastern Courier

WATCH: A gushing stream concerns residents of Howick's Liston Crescent about their land disappearing, while Luplau Crescent residents face flooding threats.

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3113 days ago

A place to call home

SBS Bank

Hi Neighbourly members. I’m Reza Jefari and I could help you with a home loan to make your dream a reality. Whether you’re putting down roots for the first time, upsizing to suit a growing family, planning your dream home or looking to grow your wealth.

Contact me on 027 500 1241 and I can … View more
Hi Neighbourly members. I’m Reza Jefari and I could help you with a home loan to make your dream a reality. Whether you’re putting down roots for the first time, upsizing to suit a growing family, planning your dream home or looking to grow your wealth.

Contact me on 027 500 1241 and I can meet you when it suits to start the process.
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3113 days ago

Dr Lance O'Sullivan: It was when my daughter got sick that I realised how important immunisation is

Reporter Sunday Star Times

Dr Lance O'Sullivan writes from the heart, and from the head: "It was 1996 and we were young parents. I was at medical school when I came upon an anti-immunisation pamphlet left in one of our lecture theatres.

"I was suspicious of the establishment at the time. You need to … View more
Dr Lance O'Sullivan writes from the heart, and from the head: "It was 1996 and we were young parents. I was at medical school when I came upon an anti-immunisation pamphlet left in one of our lecture theatres.

"I was suspicious of the establishment at the time. You need to understand, I had grown up a welfare-dependent "half-caste" (I hate that term) boy living with his mother, escaping from a life of alcohol, crime and a level of violence that I would not tolerate for my daughters. An under-achiever, I was expelled from two secondary schools. I feel I had a reason to be angry at "the system".

"Then I became a father. It changed my life. I needed to be a responsible adult caring for a son, then a daughter – eventually seven children. We were young parents and wanted to do only the best for these precious beings.

"I read the pamphlet. It described "studies" in the Netherlands into communities that didn't look like mine, but I took little persuasion. I stated our second child, our little daughter Te Miringa, would not be immunised.

"At the time my wife Tracy was working as a nurse at the local medical centre and immunising children daily. Yet this was my protest against the establishment that I so mistrusted.

"Fifteen months later, we had a scare. Te Miringa became unwell with high fever and a body rash and the doctors were concerned as there was a measles outbreak locally. And I realised the information from the Netherlands did not reflect my reality.

"We got Te Miringa immunised."

www.stuff.co.nz...

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3113 days ago

At NZ's first bush school, kids play with knives, eat possums and are free to roam

Jonathan Milne Reporter from Sunday Star Times

It's lunch time at the Deep Green Bush School. The kids are hungry and decide it's time to eat.
There are no lunch boxes. Instead, they start preparing a fire.

Fourteen-year-old Hamish Flemming sets to work with a handmade bow drill and fireboard. He yanks the wooden spindle back… View more
It's lunch time at the Deep Green Bush School. The kids are hungry and decide it's time to eat.
There are no lunch boxes. Instead, they start preparing a fire.

Fourteen-year-old Hamish Flemming sets to work with a handmade bow drill and fireboard. He yanks the wooden spindle back and forth, back and forth.
"It's smoking, yep, I've got one," he yells. "Where's the tinder?"

www.stuff.co.nz...

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3114 days ago

Accolade swings way of baseball legend

Tarannum Shaikh Reporter from Eastern Courier

Sky TV boss John Fellet is the second inductee into Baseball New Zealand's hall of fame. The baseball fanatic, who lives in East Auckland, has been on the board of the organisation for 25 years, and has been a coach for 20 years.

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3114 days ago

Election signs bylaw

Communications Team from Auckland Transport

Only one week left to have your say on proposed changes to the election signs bylaw: at.govt.nz...

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3114 days ago

Pukekohe Station upgrade to start in July

Communications Team from Auckland Council

Construction work on the Pukekohe Station upgrade is due to begin in July and be completed in early 2018.

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3116 days ago

Ladies group works to enhance community

Liu Chen Reporter from Eastern Courier

Women's voluntary service group, the Inner Wheel Club of Howick, will be giving the Howick Police and New World Botany each a defibrillator, and also two big boxes of clothes to charity Stand Children's Services in Half Moon Bay.

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3114 days ago

Papakura Active Expo

Deborah Morris from Papakura Leisure Centre

Hello Neighbours! Don't miss out on your chance to come along to the Active Expo and see what Papakura has to offer. There will be something for everyone so bring the whole family! Giveaways and prizes will also be up for grabs.

Plenty to choose from including Foot Mechanics, Poi 4 Pipis, … View more
Hello Neighbours! Don't miss out on your chance to come along to the Active Expo and see what Papakura has to offer. There will be something for everyone so bring the whole family! Giveaways and prizes will also be up for grabs.

Plenty to choose from including Foot Mechanics, Poi 4 Pipis, Papakura Croquet Club, Zuu, Transform Health & Fitness, Papakura Tennis & Squash Club... And much more!

Featuring Counties Manukau local talent throughout the day; Atawhai Tupaea, Teuila Fotu-Moala (Kiwi Ferns), Jennifer Feret (White Sox) & Jean Marsh (Touch Black)... Just to name a few. See you all there!
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3115 days ago

Beachlands Primary farewells admired school leader

Reporter Eastern Courier

Much-respected Beachlands Primary School principal Brian Gower is leaving after 18 years.
"I guess the legacy I leave behind is about the growth that's occurred within the people, community and school."

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3120 days ago

Forceful tradesmen leave retiree out of pocket

Reporter Eastern Courier

Ian Miller, 82, fell victim to a door-to-door sales scam that left him out of pocket and feeling deflated. The Howick pensioner was confronted by two males parading as tradies offering exterior house cleaning services on May 9.
"While the boss was shouting at me, the boy just got on and did … View more
Ian Miller, 82, fell victim to a door-to-door sales scam that left him out of pocket and feeling deflated. The Howick pensioner was confronted by two males parading as tradies offering exterior house cleaning services on May 9.
"While the boss was shouting at me, the boy just got on and did the work," he says. "I said no, but he still did the work just the same."

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3116 days ago

Cheers to the Volunteers

Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Every year, over 11,000 brave men and women keep us safe. Most of them are working full-time jobs. Many are parents or grandparents. All of them are doing their bit to put out fires, save lives and keep the station working.

If you know a fire volunteer, this is your chance to say thanks. … View more
Every year, over 11,000 brave men and women keep us safe. Most of them are working full-time jobs. Many are parents or grandparents. All of them are doing their bit to put out fires, save lives and keep the station working.

If you know a fire volunteer, this is your chance to say thanks. #cheerstothevolunteers

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3117 days ago

FREE Info Sessions for New Home Builders!

The Team from Jennian Homes

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Jennian New Home Builder Info Sessions are an opportunity to have all your questions answered and your dreams made achievable. They're free - and they're taking place near you. Click here to register and to reserve your complimentary seats.
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