300 days ago

A note about community mail theft

The Team from Counties Manukau Police

Please follow our top tips to reduce the risk of mail theft:
✉️ Clear your letterbox in a timely manner
✉️ Put a hold on your mail delivery if you’re going away
✉️ Provide clear delivery instructions for couriers to leave a package safely hidden or secured within your property
✉️ Install security cameras and/or security camera messaging near your letterbox or front of property
✉️ Where practical, consider click and collect over delivery
✉️ Send parcels to a work address or ensuring you're home when they arrive
✉️ Contact Police (111 for immediate issues or 105 if it is after the fact) if you see people loitering around vehicles or looking into car windows
✉️ Engage in neighbourhood groups so more people can keep an eye out for suspicious activity

These tips are being shared after a 44-year-old woman will appear in Pukekohe District Court on 28 March charged with theft.
An alleged mail thief in the Pukekohe area has hand-delivered herself into Police, following assistance from the community.
Counties Manukau South Senior Sergeant MJ Riddle says Police were aware of locals discussing a mail theft on social media. A report was made to Police at the time in January and had included enough detail including CCTV footage and a vehicle of interest. Following Police enquiries, the woman has brought herself into the Pukekohe Police Station a few days later

“This is a great result for the community and a timely reminder to the public to continue reporting any thefts from letterboxes.”
Senior Sergeant Riddle says
“Our community should be able to receive parcels and mail without concern of interference but unfortunately there are people in our communities who take advantage of opportunities to commit thefts from mail boxes and front porches."

“We encourage anyone who has been the victim of dishonesty offending to report it as soon as possible,” she says."

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Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.

If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?

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Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
  • 62.7% Summer
    62.7% Complete
  • 35.9% Winter
    35.9% Complete
  • 1.4% Other - I'll share below
    1.4% Complete
2262 votes
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Hi it’s Gem Gibb here. Welcome to 2025. For all the animal lovers out there please make this you resolution
I ask for 2025 that everyone will look up to and respect us.You will note let us wonder the streets. You will not leave as along all day and all night. You will stand up and let us have our chair when we want it. You will get out of our bed when we want it. You will feed us top quality food. By following this 2025 will be a beautiful year for humans and animals

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New year resolution

Derek from Papatoetoe

Happy 2025 neighbours
In 2025 let’s look at everyone as a human bean
It doesn’t matter where they came from they still a human bean
When a crime is done it doesn’t matter where they came from they still a human bean
We need to stop putting races down we all a human bean
If for some reason you don’t like your neighbours because off there race look as them as a human bean
This year say hello to your neighbours ask how they are and you will see they a human bean
2025 the year to treat everyone as a human bean

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