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Love is in the air this month! We’re not just talking about Valentine’s Day... we’re talking about this month’s national campaign.
Our theme for February is all about finding ways to show your home and community a little extra love and care. Whether it’s organising a street clean up, … View moreLove is in the air this month! We’re not just talking about Valentine’s Day... we’re talking about this month’s national campaign.
Our theme for February is all about finding ways to show your home and community a little extra love and care. Whether it’s organising a street clean up, helping a neighbour tidy up their property, putting together a working bee, or installing a communal pātaka or library - there are countless ways to make our neighbourhoods more enjoyable for everyone.
Don’t forget to share the love! Let us know how you’re improving your neighbourhood this month by email or tag us online and include the following hashtag:
#NSNZlovewhereyoulive
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Is there a kind patient person able to help my elderly Mother who is having problems getting her emails on her laptop?
SuperGold helps 750,000 older New Zealanders stretch their money further.
There’s more than 10,000 places across the country giving SuperGold discounts and special offers on everyday essentials like fuel, food, travel and healthcare.
But how do you find them? SuperGold has that sorted with… View moreSuperGold helps 750,000 older New Zealanders stretch their money further.
There’s more than 10,000 places across the country giving SuperGold discounts and special offers on everyday essentials like fuel, food, travel and healthcare.
But how do you find them? SuperGold has that sorted with a brand new website and app - great for the many tech-savvy over 65s.
The app is the fastest and easiest way to find discounts and offers when you’re out and about. So why not take advantage?
Visit www.supergold.govt.nz to find out more, or download the free SuperGoldNZ app for your smartphone or tablet, from the App Store or Google Play.
Meet up at 10 am on Friday 7 February in the supper room at Paraparaumu Memorial Hall for an Absolute Beginners' Line Dancing Class with Kerrin and Wayne - it'll be the most fun you have all year!
Normal hours resumed - Monday 3rd February 10am – 3pm
Monday 10.30 am - Noon Informal Discussion Group
Discussion this week - Current Affairs
Monday 1.15 pm – 2.45pm Visually Impaired Group
Speaker – Gail Mann - on her Fiji Experience
Tuesday 10.30 am – 12.30 pm Justice of the Peace
… View moreNormal hours resumed - Monday 3rd February 10am – 3pm
Monday 10.30 am - Noon Informal Discussion Group
Discussion this week - Current Affairs
Monday 1.15 pm – 2.45pm Visually Impaired Group
Speaker – Gail Mann - on her Fiji Experience
Tuesday 10.30 am – 12.30 pm Justice of the Peace
Signing of documents and Advice
Tuesday 1 pm - 3 pm Let’s Read Out Loud
Poems, Stories and all things Literary
Listeners welcome too – just come along
Wednesday 1 pm - 3 pm Back room rented by Rummikub Club
Thank you for your financial support of Cameo
Thursday CLOSED Waitangi Day
French Lessons with Sylvie will resume next week Live Music will be back next week 1pm – 3pm
Friday 10.30 am – Noon Line Dancing for Beginners
Fun, laughs and gentle exercise
Friday 1 pm – 3 pm Back room rented by private club
Thank you for your financial support of Cameo
1 pm – 3 pm Other Table Games
Refreshments at all events Koha gratefully accepted
I am looking for free or cheap wool that I can crochet or knit into blankets for donation to child poverty this winter. I can pick up in Lower Hutt and Wellington
An ongoing issue at the Martinborough Wastewater Treatment Plant has again resulted in a discharge of partially treated wastewater into the Ruamahanga River. This occurred on Monday 27 January between 9.20am and 11.30am.
Wellington Water is sorry that this has happened again and for the delay in … View moreAn ongoing issue at the Martinborough Wastewater Treatment Plant has again resulted in a discharge of partially treated wastewater into the Ruamahanga River. This occurred on Monday 27 January between 9.20am and 11.30am.
Wellington Water is sorry that this has happened again and for the delay in reporting the issue to the Council. Action is now under way to get in front of this issue and to improve protocols in communicating to both Council and customers.
Although discharging treated wastewater to the river is a consented activity under the right conditions, when the river is low these types of discharges are invariably a breach of resource consent.
The Martinborough Wastewater Treatment Plant will have a review in order for potential points of operational failure to be identified ahead of time; this work has been prioritised for the next few days.
This discharge event and the previous one involved issues with the irrigator, which meant that discharge to adjacent land didn’t happen. With the storage ponds being full and no discharge to land possible, the designed contingency is discharge to the river, which we know is unacceptable.
Authorities at Regional Public Health and Greater Wellington Regional Council as well as iwi and community liaison group representatives have been notified.
The first incident occurred between 9.45pm on Tuesday 14 January and 10am Wednesday 15 January 2020, this resulted in 90,000 litres of partially treated wastewater discharged to the Ruamahanga River.
This latest incident resulted in 100,000 litres of partially treated wastewater discharged to the river, as well as 300,000 litres of fully treated wastewater.
Due to the dilution factor in the river, it’s understood that public health and recreational water user risk from all discharges was negligible.
However, Wellington Water is committed to doing better with how wastewater discharges enter the environment and are working on options for this. A full incident response and investigation of the outcomes of this work will be released when completed.
Police are asking anyone who saw a serious assault in Lower Hutt to come forward. A 25-year-old ma…
Painting can be relaxing, and calming, a bit like an adult colouring book.
Think of this painted wooden crate project as an opportunity to paint mindfully, plus a handy way to take care of the clutter in a colourful way.
All you need is a wooden crate, sandpaper, your favourite Resene testpots… View morePainting can be relaxing, and calming, a bit like an adult colouring book.
Think of this painted wooden crate project as an opportunity to paint mindfully, plus a handy way to take care of the clutter in a colourful way.
All you need is a wooden crate, sandpaper, your favourite Resene testpots and a little imagination.
Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how to create your own
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Ha just watching news on people and visitors leaving behind some human waste and ask people to use the toilets..well they should make more toilets along the way,1 or 2 is no where enough,its simple !
Most walking tracks even here in waikane have nothing so what they expect let alone… View moreMessage for DOC
Ha just watching news on people and visitors leaving behind some human waste and ask people to use the toilets..well they should make more toilets along the way,1 or 2 is no where enough,its simple !
Most walking tracks even here in waikane have nothing so what they expect let alone up and down the country,as for some toilets that are in use like otaki beach for example should be bulldozed and clean and fresh ones built,I did need to visit here one day and smelt like gaint urine pit and I went elsewhere,,,build more Toilets and cut the crap,your the ones in charge so build more,,sure its bit hard to get in some locations but what you paided for,use a helicopter like you do for other things ,you want nice clean tracks put a toilet there,no brainer idea,,my 1 cent on that and sure most will agree,most coastal areas dont have any toilets but you expect everyone to wee or poo in a bag or something,,we all human and have to go sometimes
Start your day with a stretch! Free yoga at Waikanae Park tomorrow Friday morning 8:30am.
Bring your mat or towel and join. All ages and ability levels are welcome.
full schedule www.timeoutproject.kiwi...
Hi all, I have some books for sale, mostly Patricia Cornwall.
I've just found "Scarpetta" which is large like the books on bottom of the stack, so will be included.
Will sell separately.
Thanks.
Several month ago (161 days ago to be exact, but don't ask me to do the math on that) I posted a message sharing how disappointed I was to find that Countdown bread contains Sulphites. As this substance is linked to bowel cancer I wondered about the wisdom of putting it in our bread. Or … View moreSeveral month ago (161 days ago to be exact, but don't ask me to do the math on that) I posted a message sharing how disappointed I was to find that Countdown bread contains Sulphites. As this substance is linked to bowel cancer I wondered about the wisdom of putting it in our bread. Or anything else for that matter. Since then Countdown has changed its bread labeling, putting at the end of the label (who actually reads this) that it MIGHT contain Sulphites. I'm now even more disappointed in Countdown. Their sneaky bread labeling is downright devious. Telling someone the product might contain a chemical is just not informative. How can one make an informed purchasing decision when the product may or may not have the chemical they are seeking to avoid? Why should food producers be able to get away with this? If the brand is produced on the same production line as other foods containing sulphites, but doesn't actually have sulphites added, this should be stated. Maybe they are making bacon with sulphites added along with the bread, but somehow I doubt it. So, come on Countdown, how about coming clean on this, what's the real story here?
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