Get ready for Ormiston Safer Communities Day
🚨 Get ready for Ormiston Safer Communities Day 🚨
Mark your calendars, East Auckland! Ormiston Safer Communities Day — a FREE family-friendly event celebrating our everyday heroes! 👮♀️🚒🚑
📅 Saturday, 3 May 2025 (RAIN-DATE: Saturday 10th May, same time)
🕙 10:00am – 1:30pm
📍 Northwestern event grounds (beside St Paul's Anglican Church), Sir Barry Curtis Park, 141 Chapel Road, Flat Bush, Auckland 2019
🎟 FREE Admission | All Ages Welcome
Come meet our local legends — first responders, community champions, and non-profit heroes — and learn how to stay safe and empowered!
💪 Theme: Community Resilience & Empowerment
✨ Highlights include:
🔥 Fire safety & crime prevention tips
🌪 Disaster preparedness demos
📸 Photo ops with our heroes in action
💬 Info about local services that support YOU
🚶♀️ Visitor Tips:
Please walk, cycle, or bus — parking is limited
This is a SVAD-free event (no smoking, vaping, alcohol, or drugs)
Proudly presented by Neighbourhood Support Pakuranga/Bucklands Beach/Flat Bush (NSNZ) with support from Howick Local Board, NZ Police, FENZ & Auckland Emergency Management.
📩 Want to get involved or have questions? Email: howick@neighbourhoodsupport.co.nz
Let’s celebrate resilience, safety, and community spirit — see you there! 💚
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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57.1% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.3% Critical thinking
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24.8% Resilience and adaptability
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3.8% Other - I will share below!
Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬
Make a hearty dish. Take just half a minute. Add four parts of kestrel. Then just add one. What have you made?
(Trev from Silverdale kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Trev!)
Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm on the day!
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Poll: Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?
As reported in the Post, there’s a $30 million funding gap in financial mentoring. This has led to services closing and mentors stepping in unpaid just to keep helping people in need 🪙💰🪙
One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.
So we want to hear what you think:
Should the government ask these industries to contribute?
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59.7% Yes, supporting people is important!
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26.2% No, individuals should take responsibility
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14.1% ... It is complicated
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