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Moving, relocating or downsizing your home?
Self storage is a great option to save money by reducing the costs of staging your home and being able to make the move at your pace.
Plus you get the peace of mind that retaining access and possession of your belongings brings.
Our staff are … View moreMoving, relocating or downsizing your home?
Self storage is a great option to save money by reducing the costs of staging your home and being able to make the move at your pace.
Plus you get the peace of mind that retaining access and possession of your belongings brings.
Our staff are storage experts and can advise you on all things storage. We are located close to SH20 and Dominion Road. Our undercover loading area makes things easy. Plus we also sell packaging to help keep your items safe. Undercover vehicle storage is also available.
For a free quote or a look around our facility contact us now:
kiwiselfstorage.co.nz...
Call: 09 625 6161
4C Carr Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland 1042
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It is lemon season - our trees are bursting and our gardens are covered in citrus peels ... what do you do with your excess lemons?
Share with your community your tips on:
🍋 Harvesting and storage
🍋 Creative uses: recipes, cleaning solutions, health benefits
🍋 Tree care and … View moreIt is lemon season - our trees are bursting and our gardens are covered in citrus peels ... what do you do with your excess lemons?
Share with your community your tips on:
🍋 Harvesting and storage
🍋 Creative uses: recipes, cleaning solutions, health benefits
🍋 Tree care and maintenance
Join our Multiactivity, Netball Skills, Combination or Kokkino cooking programmes in St Johns at an OSCAR accredited venue, for the best fun these holidays!
We also have Netball and combination programmes available at Windmill Park, Mt Eden for a conveniently local outlet for your child to have … View moreJoin our Multiactivity, Netball Skills, Combination or Kokkino cooking programmes in St Johns at an OSCAR accredited venue, for the best fun these holidays!
We also have Netball and combination programmes available at Windmill Park, Mt Eden for a conveniently local outlet for your child to have fun close to home.
Week 1 commences 22 September 2025
Week 2 commences 29 September 2025
For full details including dates, times and activity themes, click the link
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Show him your love with a thoughtful gift from Red Cross Shop Dominion Road!
Come and have a look at our hand-picked treasures and find something truly special that says “thank you”.
184 Dominion Road 📍
Open 7 days a week 🗓️
Mon-Sun: 9am-5pm
Free parking 🅿️
We’ve worked our way through our usual batch of The Press puzzles … so now the Neighbourly Team are on the lookout for fresh challenges to keep our brains buzzing 🧠✨
We want to know: When you have a spare moment, what brain-boosting games, puzzles or activities do you reach for?
… View moreWe’ve worked our way through our usual batch of The Press puzzles … so now the Neighbourly Team are on the lookout for fresh challenges to keep our brains buzzing 🧠✨
We want to know: When you have a spare moment, what brain-boosting games, puzzles or activities do you reach for?
Inspire us in the comments below ...
The treatment for someone’s serious illness can begin with the kind donation of
plasma from a New Zealander. Donated plasma can help treat up to 50 different
illnesses including cancer, kidney disease and severe burns, and make up to 11
life-saving products. It’s a precious gift to those in … View moreThe treatment for someone’s serious illness can begin with the kind donation of
plasma from a New Zealander. Donated plasma can help treat up to 50 different
illnesses including cancer, kidney disease and severe burns, and make up to 11
life-saving products. It’s a precious gift to those in need. But it’s in high demand.
Please help someone start their new life today.
Book now to donate, download the NZ Blood App or call 0800 448 325.
Family History Workshop: Aotearoa New Zealand Family History Research
Saturday 6 September 2025, 10.30am-1.30pm
Whare Wānanga, Level 2, Central City Library, 44 Lorne Street, Auckland City Centre
Then in the research centre for some hands-on!
Please bring your own laptop and your New … View moreFamily History Workshop: Aotearoa New Zealand Family History Research
Saturday 6 September 2025, 10.30am-1.30pm
Whare Wānanga, Level 2, Central City Library, 44 Lorne Street, Auckland City Centre
Then in the research centre for some hands-on!
Please bring your own laptop and your New Zealand research.
10.30am-1pm:
Presentation: Research in New Zealand – resources on the shelves and online (includes tour of family history collection, focusing on GEN and NZL).
• Includes basic whakapapa resources
• Opportunity for hands-on learning how to fill in a pedigree chart and family group sheets.
• BYO laptops to practice live-guided searching.
• Interactive discussion about difficulties encountered, and tips and tricks for overcoming them.
• Discuss discoveries found.
- Learning from each other – family historians are very collaborative and enjoy working together.
1pm: Tour of Research Centre
1:30pm: Lunch
After lunch, join us for hands-on research afternoon where attendees are welcome to stay and continue their research, assisted by staff if needed. Learning by doing, allowing attendees to reinforce what they learned in the morning
Bookings essential, please book here:
www.eventfinda.co.nz...
Ngā mihi nui
Noho ora mai – Seonaid she/her
Seonaid (Shona) Harvey RLIANZA BA ILS, DipRIM
Senior research librarian, Te Pāhekoheko ā-Rangahau | research engagement, family history
Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero – Central City Library
Mobile 021 814 690
We will give away free copies of the November 2025 issue to readers whose strawberry recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way enjoy strawberry (dessert, salad, main?!): mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by September 15, 2025.
High build quality, very sturdy, heavy frame. In good condition.
Has four shelves and can be hung either way up.
The metal frame comes with a set of wooden boards a set of aerated concrete (AAC) blocks for an alternative look.
Dimensions:
H:1500W:595D:350
Distance between shelves(from … View moreHigh build quality, very sturdy, heavy frame. In good condition.
Has four shelves and can be hung either way up.
The metal frame comes with a set of wooden boards a set of aerated concrete (AAC) blocks for an alternative look.
Dimensions:
H:1500W:595D:350
Distance between shelves(from outside edge)
Top-1: 305mm
1-2: 335mm
2-3: 333mm
3-4: 335mm
4-Bottom: 70mm
Pick up in Central Auckland.
Nearly 14,000 patients are having operations, procedures and appointments postponed this week, during two days’ strike action by Nurses Organisation members.
It follows nearly a year of deadlocked negotiations between the union and Health NZ, which culminated in a 24-hour strike at the end of … View moreNearly 14,000 patients are having operations, procedures and appointments postponed this week, during two days’ strike action by Nurses Organisation members.
It follows nearly a year of deadlocked negotiations between the union and Health NZ, which culminated in a 24-hour strike at the end of July.
Health NZ chief executive Dr Dale Bramley said the agency was committed to ensuring patient safety during the strikes, which he was “deeply concerned will result in delays to treatment, services and care for an estimated 13,850 patients”.
“Contingency plans are in place to ensure those who need care the most will still be able to receive it, but the planned strikes will see our hospitals disrupted for the entire week,” he said.
“They will cause further delay to patients waiting for treatment, disrupt treatment and care for those already in hospital and set back our work to improve access to services.”
More than 300 graduate nurses who were due to start work on Monday have had their start date delayed a week as a result of the industrial action, he said.
“We have listened to our nurses’ concerns on safe services and the employment of graduate nurses and we are ready and willing to work with the union on solutions.
“We are absolutely committed to ensuring that we have the right staff and skill mix to deliver quality, safe patient care.”
However, Nurses Organisation president Anne Daniels said management was refusing to give any guarantee on safe staffing levels, which were critical to patient care.
“It’s unprecedented to have two full-day strikes within one week.
“That reflects to me the extreme anger that our members have towards Health NZ and the Government over not putting on the table something we can talk about.
“Our Minister of Health keeps telling us to come back to the table, but nothing new is put on the table – so what is the point?”
NZNO delegate Noreen McCallan said the two-day strike action was not taken lightly by members.
“We are doing this because we fear for the safety of our patients. We will lose two days’ pay for striking but we are standing up for safe staffing because it is the right thing to do.
“We became health workers because we want to care for people. But staff shortages have become overwhelming and exhausting for many of us. Our patients are suffering longer because we can’t get to them as quickly as we should.”
NZNO members will be spending their strike time doing a range of activities including hīkoi, pickets, candlelight vigils, food bank drivers, blood bank donations, sausage sizzles and BBQs.
Hospitals and all emergency departments would remain open during the strike, with a small number of staff providing life-preserving services.
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Beyond polished resumes or rehearsed answers, job interviews are also about making a connection that lingers. While most candidates stick to predictable chatter and hope to tick the right boxes, standing out takes curiosity that cuts through the noise. If you're bold enough to flip the script,… View moreBeyond polished resumes or rehearsed answers, job interviews are also about making a connection that lingers. While most candidates stick to predictable chatter and hope to tick the right boxes, standing out takes curiosity that cuts through the noise. If you're bold enough to flip the script, there's power in asking the unexpected. This article reveals 20 questions that shift the room—and possibly your chances.
1. If Your Team Were A Product Or Brand, What Would It Be And Why?
2. Driving Styles And Workflows Often Mirror Each Other—What’s Yours?
3. Has A Past Hiring Choice Ever Changed How You Evaluate Candidates?
4. What’s One Thing You Genuinely Admire About The People Here?
5. On Tough Days Or Busy Weeks, What Keeps You Coming Back?
6. If Resources Weren’t A Limiting Factor, What Would You Build Tomorrow?
7. Can You Recall A Moment When A Major Mistake Led To Something Valuable?
8. If Your Team Were An Animal, What Would It Be—And What Makes That Fit?
9. What’s A Compliment The Team Received That Meant More Than Expected?
10. When Things Get Murky Or Fast-Moving, What’s Your Strategy For Staying Grounded?
11. If You Could Tweak Just One Element Of Your Role Today, What Would You Fine-Tune?
12. What Would You Tell A Younger Version Of Yourself Just Starting This Job?
13. What’s A Misconception People Have About Working Here?
14. Which Achievement At This Company Has Meant The Most To You Personally?
15. How Would You Explain This Job To A Child?
16. What Data Insight Recently Changed The Way Your Team Operates?
17. What Helps You Stay Professionally Curious In Your Role?
18. What’s A Bold Choice You Made At Work That Paid Off?
19. When Someone’s Still Finding Their Footing, How Do You Usually Show Up For Them?
20. What’s Something You Wish More Candidates Asked About Before Joining?
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National daily emergency department (ED) data across several days in August, leaked to the Labour Party, show New Zealand’s 23 hospitals are managing to process, on average, between 69-71% of patients within six hours, well short of the Government’s 95% target it wants to reach by 2030.
It … View moreNational daily emergency department (ED) data across several days in August, leaked to the Labour Party, show New Zealand’s 23 hospitals are managing to process, on average, between 69-71% of patients within six hours, well short of the Government’s 95% target it wants to reach by 2030.
It also sits below the Government’s 74% milestone target for 2024/25 and the 77% target for 2025/26.
However, the data paint a more dire picture in some of the country’s largest hospitals, including Auckland and Wellington, where fewer than 40% of patients are seen within six hours on some days.
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora and the Acting Health Minister stress the leaked data shouldn’t be considered “fact”, despite the data being regularly presented to the Health Minister and Health NZ leadership.
They argue validated data from quarter three of 2024/25 (January-March) showing 74.2% of patients admitted, discharged or transferred within six hours of entering an ED prove there is improvement, while acknowledging this winter has seen an “unprecedented” volume of patients presenting.
Labour’s health spokeswoman Dr Ayesha Verrall says the data reveal the cost of underinvestment in the health system and condemns the Government’s health targets as a failed “magic wand”.
The leaked information from Health NZ’s internal reporting system details how hospitals are performing daily against the ED wait time target across seven days in August.
Nationally, the daily average ranges between 63.7% and 75.8%. However, the quarterly average sits between 69.1% and 70.4%.
Broken down by hospital, the 56-bed Grey Base Hospital in Greymouth is the best performer, seeing more than 90% of patients within six hours in each of the seven days and at times exceeding the 95% target.
The Whangārei and Timaru hospitals also regularly met or exceeded the 77% milestone for 2025/26, according to the daily data.
The results are poorer in hospitals in bigger centres, such as Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
At its best, Auckland City Hospital processed 66.3% of patients within six hours but, at its worst, processed just 34.4%.
Middlemore’s best result was 69.3% while its worst was 44.6%. Waitākere ranged between 61.1%-69.6% while North Shore managed between 51.1% and 72.7%.
Wellington Hospital had only one day of the seven where more than half of all patients were seen within six hours, reaching as low as 39% on its worst day.
The Dunedin Hospital ED wait-time results were the poorest in the country in three of the seven days, with a range of 35.9%-48.4%. Christchurch Hospital had better results but still fell below the 2024/25 milestone target with a range of 57%-73.8%.
Overall, the smallest daily proportion of patients seen within the deadline belonged to Waikato Hospital, which achieved 33% on August 14.
Verrall, a doctor and former Health Minister, said she was concerned by how long people were waiting in EDs.
“Large city hospitals see our most complex patients and the highest number of patients; it’s very risky for so many people to wait this long in the emergency department.”
She expected many hospitals to struggle to meet the 2025/26 milestone, indicating ED wait times would be a key issue in next year’s election.
“This Government promised that they would make ED wait times better. It looks like they’ll be going to the election having made no difference.”
In statements from Health NZ and Acting Health Minister Matt Doocey, both described the leaked data as unreliable and pointed to the latest validated data for the January-March quarter, which was 74.2%.
However, Doocey acknowledged New Zealanders were “still waiting far too long” in EDs.
“The Government has made it clear to Health New Zealand that performance must improve and reinstating the shorter stays in ED target is key to that.”
He maintained hospitals across the country were improving, noting a “predictable rise” in ED presentations during winter months.
Health NZ executive regional director Chris Lowry indicated this winter had been busier than expected.
“While we plan for and anticipate these surges, this winter’s volume of presentations has been unprecedented.
“Staff sickness and higher-acuity patients, many of whom require isolation, have further intensified pressures on our system.”
Lowry said Health NZ remained committed to achieving the wait time target, highlighting the agency’s focus on improving in-community care to prevent unnecessary ED visits.
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It might not be making quite so many headlines these days, but unfortunately, Covid is still here. If you’re 65 or over, taking care of yourself is just as important as ever.
The good news is, the Covid vaccine can help protect you from serious illness. It’s free, and recommended for you … View moreIt might not be making quite so many headlines these days, but unfortunately, Covid is still here. If you’re 65 or over, taking care of yourself is just as important as ever.
The good news is, the Covid vaccine can help protect you from serious illness. It’s free, and recommended for you and many others as long as you haven’t had the vaccine, or Covid, in the last 6 months.
To book your vaccination, or talk to your healthcare provider.
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Alberton Beyond the Ropes Tours
When: Wednesday 24th September, 10.30am & 1.30pm
Sunday 28th September, 10.30am & 1.30pm
Cost: $20pp (includes tea and scones)
As part of this special Auckland Heritage Festival event, visitors to Alberton (built 1863) will be able to get beyond … View moreAlberton Beyond the Ropes Tours
When: Wednesday 24th September, 10.30am & 1.30pm
Sunday 28th September, 10.30am & 1.30pm
Cost: $20pp (includes tea and scones)
As part of this special Auckland Heritage Festival event, visitors to Alberton (built 1863) will be able to get beyond the ropes and experience the beautiful collections up close.
These guided tours allow small groups (up to 10) a unique experience of this special heritage house, followed by tea and scones. Numbers are limited. $20pp. Please book tickets via Eventbrite.www.eventbrite.co.nz...
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