New Windsor, Auckland

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1219 days ago

Get into the Hospitality Industry

Skills Update

Join our Level 2 Hospitality Course at our Mangere and Henderson Campus. Over 13 weeks you’ll learn crucial skills that will help you with your career in the hospitality industry such as:

• Food safety and hygiene
• Barista
• Beverages (cocktails and mocktails)
• Food service
• … View more
Join our Level 2 Hospitality Course at our Mangere and Henderson Campus. Over 13 weeks you’ll learn crucial skills that will help you with your career in the hospitality industry such as:

• Food safety and hygiene
• Barista
• Beverages (cocktails and mocktails)
• Food service
• Cooking

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1220 days ago

Unbaked Cheesecake

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

This is a classic New York-style cheesecake that is unbaked and topped with raspberry gel, coulis and sorbet, prepared by our Certificate in Cookery, Advanced students.

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1226 days ago

Bullying …

Markus from Green Bay

I just read the following article:

www.stuff.co.nz...

When I finished primary schooling there were two choices for secondary school, both equally distant. My parents chose one for me, but all the other kids from my school went to the other.

When school started two things became quickly … View more
I just read the following article:

www.stuff.co.nz...

When I finished primary schooling there were two choices for secondary school, both equally distant. My parents chose one for me, but all the other kids from my school went to the other.

When school started two things became quickly obvious:

• everyone else had come in groups of three to six kids from their primary class
and
• we had three bullies in the class

The individual groups quickly closed ranks, and the bullies zoomed in on the lone target - me.

Now I hated the bullies - but I ABSOLUTELY DESPISED those just standing by and being relieved that it was someone else getting the abuse.

Which is why I NEVER have and NEVER will just stand by when someone is attacked.

The important lesson:

Bullying isn't the problem of the victim.

It isn't the problem of the bullies either.

It is a FAILURE of the class, school, and parents, of every single person lacking the moral courage to stand up against what is wrong.

People who rather go along with the attacks than stand up against them and risk becoming a target as well.

If you ever wondered how the Nazis could take over Germany - THAT is the very reason.

So my question to every parent: what have you taught your kids about bullying?

1220 days ago

World Humanitarian Day

NumberWorks'nWords New Lynn

World Humanitarian Day, celebrated on August 19th, honours humanitarian aid workers all over the world.

World Humanitarian Day recognises the efforts of aid workers who put their lives on the line to help affected people during times of global crisis.

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1220 days ago

Chill Your Bills with NZ Compare!

CEO from NZ Compare

"It’s been chilly hasn’t it Neighbours? Has your internet froze when you’re streaming all your fave shows on rainy weekends or maybe the power bill has gone crazy from trying to keep snug?!

Don't stress, we’ve got a tonne of awesome broadband and power deals to chill your … View more
"It’s been chilly hasn’t it Neighbours? Has your internet froze when you’re streaming all your fave shows on rainy weekends or maybe the power bill has gone crazy from trying to keep snug?!

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1222 days ago

Any savvy computer people out there ?

Tara from Mount Roskill

Hi guys just looking for a little bit of help I am doing a business plan and it uses a template that iam having problems with* it is due in on Monday coming i would be happy to pay a small amount for your time would perfer a face to face meeting maybe at local libruary or cafe ? if you think you … View moreHi guys just looking for a little bit of help I am doing a business plan and it uses a template that iam having problems with* it is due in on Monday coming i would be happy to pay a small amount for your time would perfer a face to face meeting maybe at local libruary or cafe ? if you think you can help me feel free to message me.

Thank you

* can not add photos or change page break if i try it splits my writing over several pages are the main problems.

1221 days ago

Come and experience The MatheMagic on your own

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Our EMT students are consistently achieving great results in all topics/levels of Mathematics [NCEA, Cambridge, and University].
We feel blessed & grateful to provide the top-quality Mathematics learning that helps all our students all Mathematics levels above the desired levels.
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Our EMT students are consistently achieving great results in all topics/levels of Mathematics [NCEA, Cambridge, and University].
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1221 days ago

The Salvation Army Positive Lifestyle Programme.

Emereency from Hillsborough

Kia Ora everyone,
My name is Amy and i'm the Mother of 5 children and i'm currently working for Salvation Army Creche centre as Child Minder Royal Oak.

I would like to take this opportunity in sharing with my whanau and friends and to our lovely neighborhood about the very helpfull … View more
Kia Ora everyone,
My name is Amy and i'm the Mother of 5 children and i'm currently working for Salvation Army Creche centre as Child Minder Royal Oak.

I would like to take this opportunity in sharing with my whanau and friends and to our lovely neighborhood about the very helpfull and usefull services of Positive Lifestyle Programme at Salvation Army Royal Oak.
For more information please see the following attachment pictures for detail information.

And you are most welcome to be intouch with contact person as provided as we are currently taking intake for session as well as for next 10 weeks newly intake session.

I wish you all the very best and may we continue to support one another and help shared and spread usefull information to others,hopefully it could benefit to people from this free Programme and services provided by Salvation Army to and for people within the community.
Peace be with your family and may God bless you all.

Thanking you all

Kind regards
Amy

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1222 days ago

Thank you

Tara from Mount Roskill

Thank you to everyone who filled in my survey for my start up business i apperciate you taking the time

1222 days ago

Looking for recycled clothes

Redcross Sandringham from Red Cross Shop Sandringham

Secondhand is just a better choice for the whole wide world. Come and have look for second hand items at 571 Sandringham.

1222 days ago

Succulent Duck breast

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

Succulent Duck breast served with turned vegetables and Sauce Bigarade presented by our Diploma Level 5 chefs students.

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1222 days ago

Subscribe to Stuff's First Time Buyers' Club

Stuff

Making it onto the first rung of the property ladder can be an incredibly rewarding journey – and Stuff is here to help you through.

Stuff Homed has launched the First Time Buyers’ Club, an email series to help you navigate the equal-parts exciting and terrifying process of buying your first… View more
Making it onto the first rung of the property ladder can be an incredibly rewarding journey – and Stuff is here to help you through.

Stuff Homed has launched the First Time Buyers’ Club, an email series to help you navigate the equal-parts exciting and terrifying process of buying your first ever home. When you join our six-week LearnStuff course, you’ll get an email every week giving you all the basics on what you need to know, who you need on your side, and what you need to do at each stage of the journey.

We can’t make the houses any cheaper, but we can guide you through the process, share some tips from the experts, and help you avoid some of the trips and traps.

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1223 days ago

MOISTURISING BENEFITS

Beds4U - Avondale

Adding a lotion before bed creates softer, more hydrated, and better-looking skin the next day. It also helps seal in moisture and repairs the skin barrier that's compromised by dry air and harsh cleansers.

Applying moisturizer before bed allows three things to happen:
1. Rest for your … View more
Adding a lotion before bed creates softer, more hydrated, and better-looking skin the next day. It also helps seal in moisture and repairs the skin barrier that's compromised by dry air and harsh cleansers.

Applying moisturizer before bed allows three things to happen:
1. Rest for your face
2. Repair from the activities you do throughout the day
3. Minimize the effects of ageing

A nighttime moisturizing lotion with retinoids is an excellent choice for almost any age. Retinoids clear the pores, preventing acne from growing and helping to heal persistent acne problems as well.

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1223 days ago

Hopes 'beautiful' funeral can be held for baby found at recycling centre

Reporter Central Leader

Kia ora neighbours, one year since the body of a newborn girl was found among piles of rubbish at an Auckland recycling plant, police are working to give her a community funeral.

The baby, who remains unidentified, was found on August 16, 2021, at Visy recycling facility in Onehunga.

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Kia ora neighbours, one year since the body of a newborn girl was found among piles of rubbish at an Auckland recycling plant, police are working to give her a community funeral.

The baby, who remains unidentified, was found on August 16, 2021, at Visy recycling facility in Onehunga.

Community leaders named her Anahera, which means Angel, after news of the find was made public.

Several items of both baby and adult clothing were found in a blue plastic bag near baby Anahera, including a Winnie the Pooh onesie, women’s belts and a sequined skirt that appeared to have been cut up.

Detective inspector Scott Beard said police had been unable to find a link or connection between the baby and the clothes in the plastic bag.

“She’s been waiting in the mortuary for the last year,” he said.

“We’re working with the coroner’s office to have her released. If we do get approval for that we’ll be able to arrange a community service for her.”'

Read the full story at the link below.

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1224 days ago

New speed cameras could crack down on tailgaters, take photos of drivers using cellphones, not belted in

Brian from New Lynn

Speed cameras that take two pictures at different spots in order to work out a vehicle's average speed could be in use within months.
Transport Agency documents say law changes could allow them to be used against more offences including tailgating, and seeing inside a car to spot drivers … View more
Speed cameras that take two pictures at different spots in order to work out a vehicle's average speed could be in use within months.
Transport Agency documents say law changes could allow them to be used against more offences including tailgating, and seeing inside a car to spot drivers using cellphones or not belted in.
The OIA papers show Waka Kotahi has been working on this and a new highway tolling system that can also be used for congestion charging, for a couple of years.
Its plans say the point-to-point or average-speed cameras "could be a game changer enabling us to manage corridor speeds rather than spot speed".
They would be three times better than fixed or mobile speed cameras at cutting the road toll, a business case said.
The smart cameras "can be used to provide evidence, for example, that a driver is using a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt.
"Camera-based enforcement can be invasive, as images are purposely taken of the driver and passenger compartment," the business case stated.
A board paper from April said law changes under the Regulatory Stewardship Transport Amendment Bill meant from early 2023 there could be use of point-to-point cameras, automation of offence processing and fine notices delivered to cellphones.
Already 26 of the new cameras are on order to add to the 142-strong network.
The agency is calling them "safety cameras" in a Cabinet-ordered attempt "to shift the public away from perceptions that safety cameras are an enforcement, revenue-gathering tool".
Medium and high-risk roads will be the target.
A camera business case estimates they could save between 1500 and 2400 lives and $1.5 billion across two decades.
The privacy implications are still being worked out with the Privacy Commissioner.
Waka Kotahi refuses to specify the total cost of the camera system and new tolling system, saying this was to protect "ministers, members of organisations, officers, and employees from improper pressure or harassment".
However, just the first phase - choosing the mix of cameras, where to put them and the design of the system - costs $21.6m, which is $10m more than expected, though the documents said that had not impacted the whole budget.
Spanish traffic company SICE (Sociedad Ibérica de Construcciones Eléctricas) won the contract for the cameras and tolling.
The work is being done quickly alongside a review of road offence penalties with the aim of saving 114 lives a year by 2030.
As it stands, relatively few cameras per capita and lack of advanced cameras, along with very low penalties for speeding "greatly undermine the effectiveness of the enforcement approach", the papers say.
In New Zealand the speeding fine for being 1-10km/h over the limit in an urban area is $30, compared to $370 in Sweden.
Fines are set to rise and demerit points are very likely to be stiffer, and applied for the first time to camera offences.
Authorities see all this as crucial to the Road to Zero strategy, with cameras expected to provide 5 percent of the 40 percent reduction in road deaths and serious injuries that is the strategy's primary goal.
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At present there are 142 safety cameras across its road network: 45 red-light, 54 fixed speed, and 43 mobile cameras, an increase of 30 since 2019. Waka Kotahi is taking them over from police, adding to its 2000 traffic management cameras. It would not say how many cameras it planned to have.
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"ITS and infrastructure will be future-proofed to enable Waka Kotahi to trial and adopt ... smart cameras" with "built-in intelligent image processing and pattern recognition algorithms [that] allow these cameras to detect motion, measure objects, read vehicle number plates, and recognise human behaviours", the camera business case says.
Police were already testing prototypes of trailers to carry point-to-point speed cameras that might be used at roadworks.
The aim with the network of three types of camera - point-to-point, red light, and standard used in both fixed and mobile operations - is to create an "anywhere, any time" deterrent.
Research shows the public thinks speeding is much safer than it is: 44 percent of all road deaths in the last decade were down to speed.
Privacy implications
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On privacy, the business case says "the data and digital images captured by cameras, their storage, and their use all have privacy implications".
"New issues will arise with new technologies that can be used for other than current safety-related purposes, such as average speed and mobile phone use detection."
The agency expects a small rise in public support for cameras of up to 2.5 percent as people see the safety benefits.
On the tolling front, the documents show the current system used on just three highways is on its last legs.
"As it is now, the current tolling system is a very inefficient way of collecting money," the business case said.
One option was to run it to standstill, or outsource it entirely.
The is an indication there will be more tolling: "Over time, it should be expected that the cost of an outsourced service will increase as more roads are tolled."
Waka Kotahi has chosen Spanish company SICE to provide and run all the back office systems.
The business case does not mention congestion charging but the board paper says the upgrade is aimed at "upcoming toll roads as well as to support new capability that may be required, e.g. congestion charging."
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