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The Vision and Voice ticket that ran a high-profile local-body campaign has claimed eight of the nine seats on the Howick Local Board.
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We are currently seeking applications from individuals who would like to volunteer as Shopping Shuttle Drivers or as Shopping Companions in Auckland's Manukau East.
Making over 48 trips per year, our door-to-door service every Thursday on alternating weeks to Botany town centre and … View moreWe are currently seeking applications from individuals who would like to volunteer as Shopping Shuttle Drivers or as Shopping Companions in Auckland's Manukau East.
Making over 48 trips per year, our door-to-door service every Thursday on alternating weeks to Botany town centre and Pakuranga Plaza, is often used by people who live alone and no longer drive, by people who are too unfit to drive and those who cannot access other transport options.
You will be responsible for collecting clients from their home, delivering them safely to a shopping centre and helping them retrieve their shopping requirements, before delivering them home again, after enjoying a chat with them over a cup of tea or coffee.
Your duties will also include helping clients into/off the vehicle and assisting with seatbelts. In addition you will promote the shopping shuttle service where appropriate and complete the required administration such as maintaining a vehicle log, ensuring the vehicle is clean and fuelled and processing cash donations.
What does it take to be a Shopping Shuttle Driver?
You will need to:
1) Hold a full drivers licence and a clean driving history (vehicle is a manual shift gear).
2) Have a clean police record.
3) Ability to commit to one rostered shift every 5 to 6 weeks.
4) Have excellent communication and problem solving skills
5) Be supportive, empathetic and caring
6) Be physically able
7) Have an appreciation of diverse cultures
What does it take to be a Shopping Companion?
You will need to:
1) Have a clean police record
2) Ability to commit to one rostered shift every 5 to 6 weeks
3) Have excellent communication and problem solving skills
4) Be supportive, empathetic and caring
5) Be physically able
6) Have an appreciation of diverse cultures
To find out more please contact Maureen McKechnie on 0800 632 677 or 576 6458
This week in Pulse of the Nation we're asking about boy racers, also known as 'car enthusiasts'. Are they a concern in your community?
This year the theme for Get Ready Week is Prepared Kids. We know that when kids are involved in preparing for emergencies and learning about natural hazards, they encourage their families to be more prepared and play a more active role in responding to and recovering from emergencies.
As part of… View moreThis year the theme for Get Ready Week is Prepared Kids. We know that when kids are involved in preparing for emergencies and learning about natural hazards, they encourage their families to be more prepared and play a more active role in responding to and recovering from emergencies.
As part of Get Ready Week 2016, we are launching our redeveloped schools resource What’s the Plan, encouraging schools to update their emergency preparedness plans and use the new resource to build resilience as a life skill for their students.
Here are our top tips for Prepared Kids
1. Give the school or day care a list of three people who can pick the kids up if you can’t get there.
2. Talk to your kids in an honest (but not scary) way about what might happen in an emergency, what you can do to keep safe, and what your plan is for if you can’t get home. The more involved they are, the less scared they will be if an emergency does happen.
3. Make a plan with your kids. Sit down together and talk about the things you need every day and work out what you would do if you didn’t have them. Grab a piece of paper and write down what you agree, who you need to contact and things you need to do to get ready.
4. Get your kids involved in getting supplies and checking them regularly. In an emergency you could be stuck at home for three
days or more. You probably have most of these things already, and you don’t have to have them all in one place, but you might have to find them in a hurry and/or in the dark.
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We’re delighted to invite you to nominate your favourite local business in the inaugural Vodafone Local Business Awards. You can help them win great prizes - and win some for yourself!
Whether it’s the superb customer service from your local plumber, the dedication of your doctor, or the … View moreWe’re delighted to invite you to nominate your favourite local business in the inaugural Vodafone Local Business Awards. You can help them win great prizes - and win some for yourself!
Whether it’s the superb customer service from your local plumber, the dedication of your doctor, or the friendly face at the café that resonates with you - these awards are about recognising outstanding Kiwi businesses that help make our communities tick.
Nominate your favourite business now and you’re in the draw to win one of two $100 Prezzy® cards!
Good afternoon,
Please find our MECOSS October newsletter attached for your review.
In it you’ll find details about our 5th FREE Community Safety Breakfast plus dates for our next Community Networking Meetings.
Best regards,
Lindsay Upton
10-year-old East Auckland actor Quinn Bevan is joining the international cast of stage musical, Priscilla - Queen of the Desert.
Quinn is no stranger to the set of Priscilla. In fact, his older brother Kieran landed the same role when the production last toured New Zealand eight years ago.
Read … View more10-year-old East Auckland actor Quinn Bevan is joining the international cast of stage musical, Priscilla - Queen of the Desert.
Quinn is no stranger to the set of Priscilla. In fact, his older brother Kieran landed the same role when the production last toured New Zealand eight years ago.
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Good afternoon,
Watercare has been looking at the best way to treat the extra wastewater being generated in the south Franklin communities. An application for a long term discharge consent was lodged with the Waikato Regional Council on 05 October 2016. For more information on the consent and … View moreGood afternoon,
Watercare has been looking at the best way to treat the extra wastewater being generated in the south Franklin communities. An application for a long term discharge consent was lodged with the Waikato Regional Council on 05 October 2016. For more information on the consent and its associated processes, please go to the council website www.waikatoregion.govt.nz...
To keep up with what's going on in your area, please visit www.watercare.co.uk... - 'work in your area'
Thanks,
Yasmeen
If you volunteer for, or work with a Manukau East community-based-organisation, you’re invited to join MECOSS at 7:45am on Wednesday, 2 November at the Howick Club to listen to presenter Major Campbell Roberts OF, while enjoying a delicious hot-cooked breakfast and networking with a variety of … View moreIf you volunteer for, or work with a Manukau East community-based-organisation, you’re invited to join MECOSS at 7:45am on Wednesday, 2 November at the Howick Club to listen to presenter Major Campbell Roberts OF, while enjoying a delicious hot-cooked breakfast and networking with a variety of like-minded people.
Campbell is the founder director of The Salvation Army Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit. The SPPU has a mandate from The Salvation Army to work towards the elimination of poverty in New Zealand by influencing, and engaging nationally, political, corporate, government, education and media leaders.
A former President of the New Zealand Council of Social Services, Chairman of the New Zealand Housing Network, he is currently on the Board of the New Zealand Housing Foundation and of a the Justice Reform forum Rethinking Crime and Punishment.
In 2013 Campbell was inducted by General André Cox into the Order of the Founder for his work in areas of social justice.
To register your place, please email lindsay.upton@mecoss.org.nz today.
Progress results for 2016 local elections! Progress results are based on votes counted so far and may change based on votes cast today and special votes.
Elected members in order of votes counted:
Franklin Local Board
Waiuku Subdivision
DRUYVEN, Sharlene … View moreProgress results for 2016 local elections! Progress results are based on votes counted so far and may change based on votes cast today and special votes.
Elected members in order of votes counted:
Franklin Local Board
Waiuku Subdivision
DRUYVEN, Sharlene
CROMPTON, Brendon
Pukekohe Subdivision
BAKER, Andy
COLE, Alan
KLOETEN, Niko
KAY, Murray
For progress results across Auckland go to:
www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz...
Check back at this site tomorrow Sunday 9 October for provisional results (which includes votes hand delivered on Saturday morning).
Final results (which includes special votes) will be available on 13 October.
Eastern Beach resident Leigh Nicholson is now taking her homely creations - hanging gardens - to this weekend's Waikato Home & Garden Show in Hamilton. She thinks that creating gardens gives her "the most wonderful feeling because we make people happy". Read more at: … View moreEastern Beach resident Leigh Nicholson is now taking her homely creations - hanging gardens - to this weekend's Waikato Home & Garden Show in Hamilton. She thinks that creating gardens gives her "the most wonderful feeling because we make people happy". Read more at: www.stuff.co.nz...
Keep updated with the preliminary candidate results which will be available on the below link after 2pm this Saturday 8 October.
www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz...
Saint Kentigern College student Te Ahiwaru Cirikdaveta has been signed by the powerhouse BNZ Crusaders.
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