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Final few hours of 2022 Local Body Elections
We are now into the final few hours of voting in the 2022 Local Body Elections! Voting will close strictly 12pm midday today Saturday 8 October.
For your vote to count, you must drop your completed voting papers into the big orange bins at one of the following locations this morning:
• Hastings District Council Customer Service Centre, 207 Lyndon Road East, Hastings 4122. Wednesday-Friday 8am-5pm and 9am-12pm on Saturday 8 October.
• Hastings Library, cnr Eastbourne and Warren Streets, Hastings 4122. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.
• Havelock North Library, 30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North, 4130. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.
• Flaxmere Library, Swansea Road, Flaxmere, 4120. Until midday 12 noon Saturday 8 October.
Completed Hastings District Council voting papers can also be dropped into the ballot bins in Napier and CHB locations.
To see the voting returns by ward, visit the following link.
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Why are ghosts such bad liars?
...You can see right through them.
No, we haven't lost the plot! July 1st is International Joke Day and because laughter is good for your body, we want to get involved.
So, go on, jokers! Share your best joke below...
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Plywood pegboard
Easily change the height and layout of the shelves any time as your plants grow or the items you want to showcase change with this handy pegboard finished in Resene Colorwood Whitewash.
Find out how to create your own with these easy step by step instructions.
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Speaking on Nature
This month Kay Griffiths (The Conservation Company) is coming to talk about Pekapeka/Bats - the NZ Long-tailed Bat in particular. Classed as nationally critical, a colony has recently been discovered in Central Hawkes Bay. Little is known about the colonies in the area so the Department of Conservation and Lotteries are funding research by The Conservation Company.
When:
7:30pm, Thursday, 11th July 2024
Where:
St Andrews Presbyterian Church Lounge
300 Market Road South, Hastings
ALL ARE WELCOME (bring a friend)
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