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A new social enterprise modelled on Uber is set to pay for free trips to doctors' appointments in Auckland for pregnant women and mums.
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Hello Neighbors,
Our monthly plant sale is back this Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
Plenty of stock, indoor and outdoor plants from table top size to fully mature trees ready to be planted in the garden!
Newcomers this month: Rabbit's foot fern, Button fern, Cordyline stricta, Conifers and a … View moreHello Neighbors,
Our monthly plant sale is back this Saturday from 10am to 1pm.
Plenty of stock, indoor and outdoor plants from table top size to fully mature trees ready to be planted in the garden!
Newcomers this month: Rabbit's foot fern, Button fern, Cordyline stricta, Conifers and a special on Ficus Tuffy. Looking to plant a hedge? Buy 20 Ficus Tuffys for $500!!
Parking available in front of the nursery, don't be afraid to bring your trailer - we are located 92 Eastdale Road
A bakery, city caterer and two Asian food outlets are among Auckland's dirtiest eateries after four of them were found to be infested with pests. This included Pepper Kitchen in the city centre where Auckland Council health inspectors found a cockroach and rodent infestation in August. … View moreA bakery, city caterer and two Asian food outlets are among Auckland's dirtiest eateries after four of them were found to be infested with pests. This included Pepper Kitchen in the city centre where Auckland Council health inspectors found a cockroach and rodent infestation in August. Infestations were also discovered at Catering Masters in Mangere, BBQ Noodle House in Albany and Davin Bakery and Cafe on the Te Atatū Peninsula. Lucky Grill Seafood Restaurant in Highland Park was also hit with an E-grade rating but this was because it was found to have poor storage and cross-contamination issues. Cleanliness and poor hygiene were found to be issues in all five outlets, while Pepper Kitchen was described as a "critical risk" because of its cleaning standards. A sixth outlet, Surasang in the Wairau Valley, was hit with a D-grade rating for "non-compliant labelling" and "undeclared allergens". The five E rated outlets were ordered closed until the issues had been fixed.They were then set to be given a new grading after 90 days.
Food outlets with an E grade
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Catering Masters – 2/27 The Concourse, Mangere Towncentre, Mangere
Davin Bakery & Cafe – 5/1A Gloria Ave, Te Atatū Peninsula
MMQ Noodles House – 361 Albany Highway, Albany
Lucky Grill Seafood Restaurant – 5/7 Aviemore Drive, Highland Park
Pepper Kitchen – 21-25 Elliot St, Auckland Central
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Hi neighbours! Make the perfect pet bed for your furry friend that works with your décor. It's easy to make a handmade rope basket using touches of your favourite Resene colours with Resene testpots. Choose colours to suit your room’s colour scheme and match with your furry best friend! … View moreHi neighbours! Make the perfect pet bed for your furry friend that works with your décor. It's easy to make a handmade rope basket using touches of your favourite Resene colours with Resene testpots. Choose colours to suit your room’s colour scheme and match with your furry best friend! Make the most of your weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how to create this quick and easy project yourself.
Hi neighbours. Want to enjoy a living space with a seamless transition from indoor to outdoor so you can entertain, play and relax?
Our customised Pergola Awning Systems create the perfect environment with a harmony of classical lines, durable materials, and meticulous design to give a balanced … View moreHi neighbours. Want to enjoy a living space with a seamless transition from indoor to outdoor so you can entertain, play and relax?
Our customised Pergola Awning Systems create the perfect environment with a harmony of classical lines, durable materials, and meticulous design to give a balanced system.
Made from aluminium and stainless steel, maintenance free and some with a 5-year warranty. Customise a new space ready for the summer with our half-price installation offer!
Call free on 0800 81 82 83 or email us to discuss your Pergola outdoor space.
Hey Auckland!
Subway® is celebrating World Sandwich Day today and we're helping feed the hungry in our community! Last year, we donated over 90,000 meals to KiwiHarvest. With your help, we can feed even more this year. So, join the Subway® Live Feed and head to your local participating … View moreHey Auckland!
Subway® is celebrating World Sandwich Day today and we're helping feed the hungry in our community! Last year, we donated over 90,000 meals to KiwiHarvest. With your help, we can feed even more this year. So, join the Subway® Live Feed and head to your local participating Subway® in Auckland. Buy a Sub. Get one FREE. AND Subway® will donate a meal to charity. Because everyone deserves a good feed.
A community approach to seven action areas is the key to help reduce the 881,540 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions generated by the Whau each year.
Creating safer communities means ensuring that no one lives in fear of harm on the streets or in their own home.
For the month of November, we want to raise awareness for all forms including family harm, elder and child abuse, sexual assault, gang violence, and more.
Perhaps sign-up to … View moreCreating safer communities means ensuring that no one lives in fear of harm on the streets or in their own home.
For the month of November, we want to raise awareness for all forms including family harm, elder and child abuse, sexual assault, gang violence, and more.
Perhaps sign-up to volunteer at a women’s refuge this month or work with the Police in your area to host an info night on how to identify elder abuse in your community.
Share your photos and experiences with us on social media or send us an email so we can see what you got up to!
#NSNZviolenceawareness
Join Dr Ropata and Dr Warner live on stage in the ASB season of Shortland Street – The Musical, an affectionate parody of our iconic Kiwi TV drama.
Whether you never miss a night of Shorty Street or have never seen an episode, the ASB season of Shortland Street – The Musical is for anyone … View moreJoin Dr Ropata and Dr Warner live on stage in the ASB season of Shortland Street – The Musical, an affectionate parody of our iconic Kiwi TV drama.
Whether you never miss a night of Shorty Street or have never seen an episode, the ASB season of Shortland Street – The Musical is for anyone who loves a hilarious night out, a lively musical or a rollicking good Christmas panto!
This is one doctor’s appointment you don’t want to miss. ASB season of Shortland Street – The Musical from November 14 at the ASB Waterfront Theatre. Book now at atc.co.nz
Holding down the crown in the Guinness World Records for the world's longest inflatable waterslide, Kiwis will have one last chance to get in on the action in February before the slide is sold.
A letter was sent to all 801,000 premium customers signed up to the UltraCare Base health policy on Monday, alerting them that their funeral allowance would no longer be covered in their plan. A public hospital cash allowance and surgical procedure for sleep apnoea was also removed. Despite the … View moreA letter was sent to all 801,000 premium customers signed up to the UltraCare Base health policy on Monday, alerting them that their funeral allowance would no longer be covered in their plan. A public hospital cash allowance and surgical procedure for sleep apnoea was also removed. Despite the benefit cuts, that were planned to kick in on December 1, customers would not see a reduction in the amount they paid for their insurance.
Southern Cross chief marketing officer of health insurance products Chris Watney said without these changes, the company would have had to increase premium rates by a lot more. "We know that premium affordability is a concern for our members. And we know that members value both the day-to-day use of their insurance, and the peace of mind that comes with knowing that the 'big stuff' like cancer or other life-changing diagnoses are covered." On the flip side a skin lesion service with a limit of $10,000 per member per claims a year was now included in the premium policy package - along with an extraction of teeth claim. Chief executive of Health Funds Association of New Zealand Roger Styles said in the last decade we have seen it increasingly difficult to access public funded services so a lot of people were using their health insurances more to avoid the wait times and jump the hoops."Pressures also come from medical price inflation, new procedures and new drugs that weren't funded by Pharmac - these things just weren't available two decades ago. "If something becomes available people want it and they want it tomorrow so it's about balancing that with affordability," Styles said. Watney said funeral allowance - that was limited to $2500 - was not related to healthcare service and was generally available under life insurance policies. "Its removal from our policies offers an opportunity to reduce overall claims cost and their impact on premiums." While it was no longer included in Southern Cross' health care policy, it was still seen as a vital coverage. Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand president Gary Taylor said the cost of funerals was going up. "In Auckland the price of a burial site, and that didn't include the actual funeral, was between $5000 to $7000. "Of course cremation was a lot cheaper between $500 to $1000 but for some that wasn't culturally sensitive." On top of that, families were expected to foot the bill for the casket, catering, food, venue and the rest.
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This is on top of the roughly $100m a year it costs to service the current annual quota of 1000 refugees. In September, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the Government would lift the annual refugee quota by 500 people to 1500, starting July 2020. She called the "significant and historic… View moreThis is on top of the roughly $100m a year it costs to service the current annual quota of 1000 refugees. In September, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the Government would lift the annual refugee quota by 500 people to 1500, starting July 2020. She called the "significant and historic increase" the "right thing to do". "It fulfils New Zealand's obligation to do our bit and provide a small number of people, displaced by war and disaster each year, a place to call home." A Cabinet Paper written by Immigration Minister Iain-Lees Galloway on the proposed increase, released under the Official Information Act, echoed much of the Prime Minister's sentiment on the issue. It said the global population of people forcibly displaced had increased by more than 50 per cent over the last 10 years, climbing to a record high of a total of 68.5 million people in 2017. Lees-Galloway said in the paper that increasing New Zealand's refugee quota would have other benefits for New Zealand as a whole.These include providing the Government with an opportunity to work with local communities towards a "common goal, building social cohesion and contributing to economic growth".The paper reveals the full cost of the increase of the annual quota as $182.5m over five years.
This number included the capital costs of building work required at the Māngere Refugee Resettlement Centre, as well as the operating costs for further initiatives to meet housing requirements for the additional refugees.The bulk of the $182m was earmarked for 2020 onwards. Roughly $31m was allocated to the 2020/21 and 2021/22 financial years.That figure jumps to roughly $34m in 2022/23 and 2023/24. Just over $35m was allocated for 2024/25 and the "outyears". Included in this funding is $32m, allocated over three years, for housing.This year's Budget allocated $6.2m of new operating funding over the next four years, and $7.7m of new capital to build and operate two new accommodation blocks at the Centre. Lees-Galloway estimated a further 149 public housing places a year would be required to house the new refugees. Although it's not clear which part of world the additional 500 refugees would come from, the Cabinet paper showed half of the 2016/17 refugee quota came from the Asia-Pacific region. Some 22 per cent came from the Americas, and 14 per cent came from the Middle-East and Africa respectively.This was despite 44 per cent of all global refugees (630,000) being from Africa. Seven per cent (102,000) came from the Asia-Pacific region and just 0.3 per cent (4074) came from the Americas. On Monday, an Immigration NZ Spokeswoman told the Government "is committed to ensuring the successful resettlement of all refugees that come to New Zealand"."The strategy focuses on employment, participation in the community, education, health and housing which are all recognised as supporting successful settlement outcomes." She said refugees make a positive contribution to New Zealand and bring a range of skills and experiences to our already diverse communities.
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