Get quake safe now, not later.
If you felt the recent earthquake, your first thought was probably the safety of your loved ones. So now’s the time to think about protecting them by making your home quake safe.
The good news is there’s a lot you can do right now, like securing tall and heavy furniture, and getting a builder to look at your chimney. Everything you need to know is at Toka Tū Ake EQC’s site.
Don’t wait for the next earthquake to shake you into action, get started now.
Free Bowel Cancer Screening
In Mid Central, free bowel screening is available for Māori and Pacific people aged 50 – 74 and from 60 to 74 for everyone else.
Around your birthday, you will receive an invitation, followed by a bowel screening test kit.
The bowel screening test is quick and simple to do by yourself at home. Make sure you do the test as soon as possible and send it back.
For further information, see the Time to Screen website, call 0800 924 432, or talk to your doctor.
This week's prize...
Congrats to the winners of the $100 Warehouse gift cards:
Solange Thorp from Lyall Bay
Warwick Anderson from Foxton Beach
Betty Henderson from Balclutha
Aimee McKay from Queenstown
Not a winner? Good luck next time!
Winners can get in touch here or by emailing helpdesk@neighbourly.co.nz before 14th May.
Military Exercise – Makomako
The New Zealand Army will be carrying out a military exercise in the Tararua area from 09 – 14 May 24.
The exercise will be on Council land and will use the Woodville Ferry Reserve and Marima Domain.
Soldiers with weapons and military vehicles will be operating in these areas.
The general public is advised to exercise all caution when travelling in these areas and please follow the guidance of signage.
For more information please contact SGT Sammie Fairclough on 0275498244.