192 days ago

๐ŸŽ‰ Nau mai, haere mai! Join us for our FREE Monthly Community Open House! ๐ŸŽ‰

Office Administrator from Glen Eden Community House

๐Ÿ“… Rฤ: Saturday, 30th August
๐Ÿ•™ Wฤ: 10:00 AM โ€“ 12:00 PM
๐Ÿ“ Wฤhi: Glen Eden Community House, 13 Pisces Road, Glen Eden
๐Ÿ’ธ Utu: Free Entry โ€“ Everyone welcome!

Come along for a morning packed with fun, creativity, and community spirit! Whether you're young or young at heart, there's something for everyone:

๐ŸŽˆ Balloon Sculpting & Face Painting โ€“ Whฤnau-friendly fun for tamariki!
๐ŸŽจ DIY Ceramic Figurine Paint Kits โ€“ Unleash your inner artist and take home your masterpiece.
๐Ÿง  Quizzes & Riddles โ€“ Challenge your mind and enjoy the fun!
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Raffle Draw โ€“ Win a 4-hour Sunday afternoon whole house hire (valued at $200!) โ€“ perfect for your next gathering or celebration!
๐ŸŒญ Sausage Sizzle โ€“ Tino reka!
โ˜• Hot Coffee & Tea โ€“ Perfect for a kลrero and a cuppa.
๐ŸŽฌ Special Screening: The Great Simplification โ€“ A 35-minute short film exploring energy, the environment, and our future.

Bring your whฤnau, friends, and neighbours โ€“ letโ€™s celebrate kotahitanga (togetherness) and community vibes. We canโ€™t wait to see you there!

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1 day ago

Poll: ๐Ÿค– What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: thereโ€™s no such thing as a โ€œsafeโ€ job anymore ๐Ÿ›Ÿ๐Ÿ˜‘

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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๐Ÿค– What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
  • 53.3% Human-centred experience and communication
    53.3% Complete
  • 14.3% Critical thinking
    14.3% Complete
  • 29.5% Resilience and adaptability
    29.5% Complete
  • 2.9% Other - I will share below!
    2.9% Complete
315 votes
16 days ago

Even Australians get it - so why not Kiwis???

Markus from Green Bay

โ€œTen years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last weekโ€™s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australiaโ€™s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.

On Australiaโ€™s main grid last quarter, renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity for the first time, while wholesale power prices were more than 40% lower than a year earlier.

[โ€ฆ] shifting demand from gas and coal for power and petrol for cars is likely to deliver significantly lower energy bills for households.

Last quarter, wind generation was up almost 30%, grid solar 15% and grid-scale batteries almost tripled their output. Gas generation fell 27% to its lowest level for a quarter century, while coal fell 4.6% to its lowest quarterly level ever.

Gas has long been the most expensive way to produce power. Gas peaking plants tend to fire up only when supply struggles to meet demand and power prices soar. Less demand for gas has flowed through to lower wholesale prices.โ€

Full article: www.theguardian.com...


If even Australians see the benefit of solar - then why is NZ actively boycotting solar uptake? The increased line rental for electricity was done to make solar less competitive and prevent cost per kWh to rise even more than it did - and electricity costs are expected to rise even more. Especially as National favours gas - which is the most expensive form of generating electricity. Which in turn will accelerate Climate Change, as if New Zealand didnโ€™t have enough problems with droughts, floods, slips, etc. already.

3 days ago

Wills and Luxon are screwing the country to please the oil and gas industry.

Markus from Green Bay

Today the smart investment is in battery peaker plants in combination with solar and wind, or with any other renewable generation capacity during low demand times.
Gas is expensive and will get more so over time.

Let's not forget that Nicola Willis' dad is a big time oil and gas investor, lobbyist, and industry insider.

Maybe this should be posted in โ€šCrime & Safetyโ€˜?

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