Wadestown, Wellington

Merry Christmas, neighbours

Merry Christmas, neighbours

From us at Neighbourly

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2110 days ago

Vinyl records and audio equipment

Ferdinand from Ngaio

Ngaio audiophile interested to take your free records and old audio equipment. Always interested in reducing landfill contributions and re-purposing to save our environment. Please let me know if you want to get rid of these items, as I will collect at your convenience any day.

Free

2110 days ago

St Ninian's honours Karori volunteers

St Ninian's Uniting Parish

St Ninian’s Uniting Church are honouring and celebrating volunteers at a special Service this Sunday, 22 March 2020 at 10.00am (208 Karori Road). This special church service will recognise the valuable contribution volunteers make to our community. Groups such as Bellyfull and many others will … View moreSt Ninian’s Uniting Church are honouring and celebrating volunteers at a special Service this Sunday, 22 March 2020 at 10.00am (208 Karori Road). This special church service will recognise the valuable contribution volunteers make to our community. Groups such as Bellyfull and many others will be present. Wellington City Councillor Rebecca Matthews will be the key speaker of the day.

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2110 days ago

Fight for the Forests: The Pivotal Campaigns that Saved New Zealand’s Native Forests

The Team from Alexander Turnbull Library

Date: Wednesday 25 March 2020, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Cost: Free. Koha from non-members appreciated
Location: Taiwhanga Kahau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington. Entrance on Aitken Street.

Part of the Friends of the Turnbull Public Programme — 2020 series

Hear Paul Bensemann talk about the … View more
Date: Wednesday 25 March 2020, 5:30pm to 6:30pm
Cost: Free. Koha from non-members appreciated
Location: Taiwhanga Kahau — Auditorium, National Library Wellington. Entrance on Aitken Street.

Part of the Friends of the Turnbull Public Programme — 2020 series

Hear Paul Bensemann talk about the ‘Save Manoupori’ campaign. From small beginnings, a much larger movement grew. Bensemann’s book ‘Fight for the forests’ was a finalist in the 2019 Ockham NZ Book Awards.

A remarkable story of activism
Involved in conservation issues since he joined the ‘Save Manapouri’ campaign at 19, Paul Bensemann tells the remarkable story of how a group of young activists became aware of government plans to mill vast areas of West Coast beech forest and began campaigning to halt this. From small beginnings, a much larger movement grew, initially centred on the work of the Native Forests Action Council, and eventually Forest and Bird and Native Forest Action.

Research at the Alexander Turnbull Library
Paul’s book research started with a NZ Society of Authors/Copyright Licencing NZ grant that provided a six weeks’ fellowship at the Stout Research Centre. He spent most of that time at the Turnbull (using the Sir Charles Fleming and Action for Environment collections), with many follow-up visits to the Library during his three-year full-time writing project. He also interviewed many campaigners and collected many old photographs to supplement photographer Craig Potton’s beautiful forest scenes. Fight for the Forests was a finalist in the 2019 Ockham NZ Book Awards.

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2113 days ago

Marsden Open Morning - spacious, peaceful learning environment

Inge Doig from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School

Check out the benefits of an all-girls' education for your daughter at Marsden and the spacious, peaceful learning environment with specialised, technology rich facilities - Open Morning Wednesday 18 March.

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2114 days ago

What does declaring a pandemic for Covid-19 mean?

The Team Reporter from Stuff

Hi neighbours,

The coronavirus "outbreak" has been officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation – but what does that mean?

To read more, click here.

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2112 days ago

About Lazy Sneakers and how you can help

Lean from Karori

LAZY SNEAKERS - We collect reusable sneakers from the community and distribute to people for FREE so they can play, participate and reach their potential.

FOUNDER
Maia was only 12 (2017) when she developed the idea for Lazy Sneakers. All she had was a passion to help others and a family to back … View more
LAZY SNEAKERS - We collect reusable sneakers from the community and distribute to people for FREE so they can play, participate and reach their potential.

FOUNDER
Maia was only 12 (2017) when she developed the idea for Lazy Sneakers. All she had was a passion to help others and a family to back her. Since the project has started, she has been able to provide sneakers for children, student athletes, families and social services.

MISSION
Lazy Sneakers is a sneaker bank project collecting reusable good conditioned sneakers from the community and then distributing these sneakers for FREE so people can play, participate and reach their potential.
For more information please click here - lazysneakers.co.nz...

Wellington teen's charity providing shoes for kids who need them to play sport -
www.tvnz.co.nz...

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2113 days ago

Free soil - fill

John from Khandallah

Approx 3 cubic metres of clay and some soil free to collect

Free

2113 days ago

⚠JERVOIS QUAY FINAL UPDATE 6PM⚠

The Team from Wellington Water

Crews have now temporarily reinstated the road and footpath with asphalt, and has been made safe for regular traffic.

Later in the evening the crew will de-establish the site completely for the weekend.

We will be back on site next week to finalise reinstatement of road and footpath.

2113 days ago

⚠JERVOIS QUAY UPDATE 4.56PM⚠

The Team from Wellington Water

Thanks to the crews who have been on site working hard to repair the burst main. Water is now back on.

Crews will remain on site to reinstate the footpath and road. We will provide an update on this shortly.

2113 days ago

How to Make a No-Sew T-Shirt Bag

Robert Anderson from

Here at Curtain Clean we are big advocates of sustainability. Clean, re-use, recycle!

Help us reduce waste and have fun doing it with our little tutorial on how to turn a T-shirt into a re-usable bag.

You’ll need:
• Old t-shirt – The thicker the fabric, the sturdier the bag
• Sharp … View more
Here at Curtain Clean we are big advocates of sustainability. Clean, re-use, recycle!

Help us reduce waste and have fun doing it with our little tutorial on how to turn a T-shirt into a re-usable bag.

You’ll need:
• Old t-shirt – The thicker the fabric, the sturdier the bag
• Sharp scissors, preferably fabric scissors
• Washable marker (optional)

Step 1: Cut the sleeves off so it resembles a singlet.

Step 2: Cut the neckline area into a circle or oval – these will become our handles. Trace a bowl to get a perfectly round circle.

Step 3: Turn the t-shirt inside out. Determine where you want the bottom of the bag to be and trace a line across. Keep in mind that depending on the fabric used, your tote is likely stretch and become longer when it’s filled with stuff.

Step 4: Cut slits from the bottom of the shirt up to the line marking the bottom of your bag. Keep the slits small to prevent large gaps in the bottom of the bag. You’ll want to cut both the front and back layers together because they need to match up for the next step.

Step 5: Tie the front and back fringe together in knots and turn the shirt right side out. For extra embellishments, tie the straps (handles) in knots, or tie bits of t-shirt scrap to the top.

P.S. We'd love to see your creations!!

2113 days ago

Poll: Book or Kindle?

NumberWorks'nWords Karori

When you read what do you prefer to use?

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Book or Kindle?
  • 83.7% Book
    83.7% Complete
  • 16.3% Kindle
    16.3% Complete
1177 votes
2113 days ago

⚠JERVOIS QUAY UPDATE 10.20AM⚠

The Team from Wellington Water

Crews have just advised that the TSB Arena and Shed 5 on Queens Wharf are also impacted by the water outage.

Businesses are being contacted to check in on all affected and are also being provided with water.

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2113 days ago

Old fishing rope and nets wanted

Katarina from Khandallah

Hi all,

I'm looking for industrial looking fishing nets and rope for a school project, even old and tatty ones. If you have anything like this that I can take off your hands, please message me. I've included some photos of the kind of things I'm looking for.

Thanks,
Katarina

2113 days ago

CD Field Days - 6 days to go!

The Team from Central Districts Field Days

Less than 1 week to go until we turn Manfeild into an agri village for three whole days!

Did you know this will be our 27th event? Help us make 2020 even bigger and better than before.
Purchase your entry online today at www.cdfielddays.co.nz...

March 19 - 21 | Manfeild, Feilding

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2113 days ago

⚠JERVOIS QUAY UPDATE 9.40AM⚠

The Team from Wellington Water

Crews are currently onsite digging to begin repairs. The fault is expected to be repaired by 5pm today.

The same two buildings are impacted by the water outage, with water expected to return at 5pm when the fault is fixed. Water is available on site to those impacted.

We will continue with … View more
Crews are currently onsite digging to begin repairs. The fault is expected to be repaired by 5pm today.

The same two buildings are impacted by the water outage, with water expected to return at 5pm when the fault is fixed. Water is available on site to those impacted.

We will continue with updates on our social media channels should this change.

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