20 days ago

Warren’s Bus Shelter Mission

Edmund Hillary Retirement Village

A six-year campaign to get a bus shelter installed on a busy Auckland road has finally come to fruition - and it’s all thanks to the one-man mission of Edmund Hillary Retirement Village resident Warren Barrett.

It was no mean feat, with the 88-year-old retired engineer collecting hundreds of petition signatures from fellow village residents and writing dozens of emails to 80 different people at Auckland Transport over that time.

“I just wouldn’t let it go,” he grins.

“Most people would have given up I suppose. I had nothing else better to do!” he laughs.

Click read more for the full story.

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20 hours ago

New Lottery, New Home

Heart Foundation Lotteries

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3 days ago

Room for rent.

Elizabeth from Ellerslie

Beautiful sunny room for rent in Lovely 4year old Pakuranga Heights home with 3 females in their 20's.
$225 inclusive. 10 mins from Botany, 10mins to Sylvia Park.
Buses 5 minute walk, run every 10 mins. Very central and easy access to everywhere.
Available 4th May. Contact Alex 0220844375 for more details and viewing.

1 day ago

Heartbeats Heart Support and Education Charity is Coming to St Heliers

Trent Lash from Heartbeats Eastern Bays

Over 12,000 people are admitted to New Zealand hospitals each year with heart attack, cardiac arrest or heart disease.
It is the silent killer of 10,000 Kiwis each year and affects all ages.

Heartbeats is a charitable trust, and non-profit organization that provides heart event survivors with support, education and referral to allied healthcare services.

It is community-based group, with over 200 members across Auckland and with four 'chapters' (local groups) operating on the North Shore, West and Central Auckland.
We hold regular informal, monthly group meetings and have guest speakers along to educate and advise: cardiologists, GP's. dietitians, pharmacists, health psychologists and physiotherapists/exercise physiologists.

We are looking to start a St Heliers/Glendowie group in June.
If you are a heart event survivor, or have a family member who is, please give Trent (Heartbeats Convenor) a call on 0220 606 199
It's FREE and everyone, of all cultures and heart conditions, is WELCOME.

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