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This week in Pulse of the Nation we're asking about boy racers, also known as 'car enthusiasts'. Are they a concern in your community?
This year the theme for Get Ready Week is Prepared Kids. We know that when kids are involved in preparing for emergencies and learning about natural hazards, they encourage their families to be more prepared and play a more active role in responding to and recovering from emergencies.
As part of… View moreThis year the theme for Get Ready Week is Prepared Kids. We know that when kids are involved in preparing for emergencies and learning about natural hazards, they encourage their families to be more prepared and play a more active role in responding to and recovering from emergencies.
As part of Get Ready Week 2016, we are launching our redeveloped schools resource What’s the Plan, encouraging schools to update their emergency preparedness plans and use the new resource to build resilience as a life skill for their students.
Here are our top tips for Prepared Kids
1. Give the school or day care a list of three people who can pick the kids up if you can’t get there.
2. Talk to your kids in an honest (but not scary) way about what might happen in an emergency, what you can do to keep safe, and what your plan is for if you can’t get home. The more involved they are, the less scared they will be if an emergency does happen.
3. Make a plan with your kids. Sit down together and talk about the things you need every day and work out what you would do if you didn’t have them. Grab a piece of paper and write down what you agree, who you need to contact and things you need to do to get ready.
4. Get your kids involved in getting supplies and checking them regularly. In an emergency you could be stuck at home for three
days or more. You probably have most of these things already, and you don’t have to have them all in one place, but you might have to find them in a hurry and/or in the dark.
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We’re delighted to invite you to nominate your favourite local business in the inaugural Vodafone Local Business Awards. You can help them win great prizes - and win some for yourself!
Whether it’s the superb customer service from your local plumber, the dedication of your doctor, or the … View moreWe’re delighted to invite you to nominate your favourite local business in the inaugural Vodafone Local Business Awards. You can help them win great prizes - and win some for yourself!
Whether it’s the superb customer service from your local plumber, the dedication of your doctor, or the friendly face at the café that resonates with you - these awards are about recognising outstanding Kiwi businesses that help make our communities tick.
Nominate your favourite business now and you’re in the draw to win one of two $100 Prezzy® cards!
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One of my favourite shows when I was a kid - as well as Buck Rogers and the Dukes of Hazzard. What were your's - share with your neighbours and bring back some fun TV memories :)
The Thames Creative Fibre open day was held today. It was a golden celebration of all things creative at the Thames Creative Fibre open day in Thames today. More photos here: www.stuff.co.nz...
Hi neighbours, head down to the Whangamata Lions Craft and Farmers Market on October 22.
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Together with Neighbourly we have been showing our community some love. The Great Community Clean Up officially finished on Sunday but that doesn’t mean the loving should stop. Earlier this week we went out into the community and picked up all kinds of rubbish (one team found a moon boot!). What … View moreTogether with Neighbourly we have been showing our community some love. The Great Community Clean Up officially finished on Sunday but that doesn’t mean the loving should stop. Earlier this week we went out into the community and picked up all kinds of rubbish (one team found a moon boot!). What weird things did you find on The Great Community Clean Up?
Preliminary results show Sandra Goudie with a narrow lead for Thames-Coromandel and John Tregida well ahead for Hauraki.
THAMES-COROMANDEL
In preliminary results, Goudie came out ahead with 5,584 votes, compared to 5103 for mayoral candidate Peter French, who was her sole competition.
Goudie … View morePreliminary results show Sandra Goudie with a narrow lead for Thames-Coromandel and John Tregida well ahead for Hauraki.
THAMES-COROMANDEL
In preliminary results, Goudie came out ahead with 5,584 votes, compared to 5103 for mayoral candidate Peter French, who was her sole competition.
Goudie said the mayoral campaign was "a good run".
"It was a great campaign, I loved it - great fun," she said.
Goudie said it was going to be "interesting" to see how it unfolded at council, after many newly elected ward and community board members backed French during the election campaign.
"There are a number of people who went on a ticket with Peter. Hopefully, they will pull together for the good of the district," she said.
"It's up to them, their professionalism and the way they put their efforts and energies into the district."
Goudie, who lives in Kopu, near Thames, with husband Bernard, was until recently a Thames councillor and had been the Coromandel MP for the National Party for nine years.
Winning the mayoral campaign for Thames-Coromandel was a big relief, and she intended to celebrate with friends and family at home, she said.
"The big relief is that the waiting's over," she said.
"Let's get down to work now, I'm actually looking forward to getting on with the work."
HAURAKI
Incumbent John Tregidga has been re-elected to lead Hauraki District Council as mayor for another three years – polling more than 1350 votes ahead of his only rival Conall Buchanan.
Preliminary results on Saturday afternoon, with 98 per cent of the votes tallied, recorded Tregidga collecting 3448 votes, and Buchanan with 2051.
Tregidga said he was "very, very happy", delighted with the result, and the convincing margin – as he rated Buchanan as a worthy opponent "with a good track record . . . who campaigned very well."
He credited his success to a "very stable council" and said his re-election was "an endorsement to the council, as much as it is for me."
This will be Tregidga's fifth term as mayor of Hauraki District, having already served 12 years in the council's top job.
On Saturday afternoon he celebrated at home with his wife, family and friends, enjoying a glass of bubbles and a roast beef on the barbecue for dinner.
Whangamata gets ready to throw a dart player all the way to London. www.stuff.co.nz...
Hauraki rowing club celebrates Junior World Champs rower and coach
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TCDC libraries were chocka during the holidays, with children keen to learn physics by building their own marble run. Teresa Ramsey caught some of the action at Thames Library today.
Thanks to your generous donations over the past six months a total of $729.28 was raised through the ‘Bags for Good’ Programme. These funds will go on to support Central Kids Kindergarten, Whitianga Community Services Trust and Te Rerenga Primary School with their community programmes. Thank … View moreThanks to your generous donations over the past six months a total of $729.28 was raised through the ‘Bags for Good’ Programme. These funds will go on to support Central Kids Kindergarten, Whitianga Community Services Trust and Te Rerenga Primary School with their community programmes. Thank you so much for your on-going generosity, with your help the community is becoming a better place.
Brace yourselves, more mucky weather on the way...
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Prime Minister John Key visited the Toyota Signature Factory today as part of a tour of the district.
Steampunk Mad Hatters workshops begin on October 22, will you be going?
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