700 days ago

WHAT's ON: Meditation Month - Citywide FREE classes

Durba from Avondale

In response to growing urban problems of stress and declining mental health, Hour of Peace Meetup organisers and Auckland’s Sri Chinmoy Meditation Centre are offering a citywide free program throughout March which will share basic meditation skills with anyone keen to learn.

Meditation Month will introduce the key steps in getting started, and cover a variety of techniques in calming the mind and coping with the often complex challenges of living in today’s world.

This is an admission-free initiative simply dedicated to a more peaceful world and to the quest for happiness that we all share.

Albany

Tues 19 Mar; 7.00pm - 8.00pm
Albany Community Hub, 575a Albany Highway

Auckland CDB

Mon 18 Mar; 12.30noon - 1.30pm
Auckland Central City Library, Te Mārama Room, 44-46 Lorne St

Birkenhead

Tues 12 Mar; 7.00pm - 8.00pm
Birkenhead Library, 204 Hinemoa Street

Botany

Fri 15 Mar; 5.30pm - 6.30pm
Botany Library, Botany Town Centre

Green Bay

Every Thurs for 3 weeks from 14 Mar; 6.30pm - 7.30pm

Green Bay Community House, 1 Barron Drive

Grey Lynn

Thurs 7 Mar and 14 Mar; 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Grey Lynn Community Centre, 510 Richmond Road

Highland Park

Sat Mar 16; 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Highland Park Community House, 47 Aviemore Drive

Meadowbank

Mon 25 Mar; 6.00pm - 7.00pm
Meadowbank Community Centre, 29 St Johns Road

Course details can be found on our website: www.meditationauckland.co.nz...
All classes are free of charge. Registration is not necessary. Simply turn up at the venue. For further inquiries please contact Jogyata: 0221887432

More messages from your neighbours
14 hours ago

Dry cleaners mt Roskill

Katrina from Mount Roskill

Hello our fellow neighbors I was hoping someone would know where the old dry cleaners we had up at the lights on dominion road have moved to?? I was out of town and when I came back they were gone .... I had some items that I would really love to get back but if only I new where they moved to or how to get In Touch with the owners to see what they did with our clothes if they closed down or moved elsewhere? Any updates or news about it would be amazing neighbors. Have a great day

21 days ago

Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.

Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.

We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?

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As a customer, what do you think about automation?
  • 9.3% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
    9.3% Complete
  • 43.5% I want to be able to choose.
    43.5% Complete
  • 47.2% Against. I want to deal with people.
    47.2% Complete
2445 votes
5 days ago

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

Markus from Green Bay

“Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.

On Australia’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.

[…] 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.”

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 didn’t have enough problems with droughts, floods, slips, etc. already.