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Angela Quigan Reporter from Stuff

Hi neighbours,

The Tokyo Olympics are about to kick off, and some of our country's best sports stars are set to represent New Zealand on the world stage.

The opening ceremony takes place on Friday (about 11pm NZ time), and the Games will run through until August 8.

Over the next … View moreHi neighbours,

The Tokyo Olympics are about to kick off, and some of our country's best sports stars are set to represent New Zealand on the world stage.

The opening ceremony takes place on Friday (about 11pm NZ time), and the Games will run through until August 8.

Over the next two-and-a-half weeks, some of the world’s best athletes competing in a range of sports will battle it out in Tokyo in the hopes of walking away with a medal.

So get your New Zealand flags and popcorn ready and sign up for our Tokyo Olympics newsletter to have all the highlights, talking points, medal tally and analysis delivered to your inbox every day. Click here.

We'll also be live blogging our Kiwi athletes' events every day of the Games. Just bookmark this page to stay up to date.

Strengthening digital skills for industry

Competenz

Low levels of digital literacy among staff is a challenge facing many manufacturing businesses, and strengthening those skills is not only essential to meet rapid technological changes in the workplace, it’s vital to increasing productivity.

“As technology progresses and we move further into… View moreLow levels of digital literacy among staff is a challenge facing many manufacturing businesses, and strengthening those skills is not only essential to meet rapid technological changes in the workplace, it’s vital to increasing productivity.

“As technology progresses and we move further into Industry 4.0, workers must be upskilled to keep pace with new systems and processes, especially older employees who are not digital natives, but who have invaluable experience in their fields,” says Competenz Sector Manager Jahn Vannisselroy

Competenz has developed a new micro-credential to meet the demands brought about by Industry 4.0. Read the full article here

Supporting KidsCan is easy through the Trade Me Kindness Store

Trade Me

Hi there!

Here at Trade Me we're chuffed to let you know we’ve launched our Kindness Store again for winter, supporting KidsCan and the great work they do making sure our tamariki have a fair start – after all, little Kiwis can’t learn when they’re hungry, wet, and cold.

We’ve… View moreHi there!

Here at Trade Me we're chuffed to let you know we’ve launched our Kindness Store again for winter, supporting KidsCan and the great work they do making sure our tamariki have a fair start – after all, little Kiwis can’t learn when they’re hungry, wet, and cold.

We’ve stocked the store with all the essentials. Think fleece-lined rain coats and shoes to keep kids warm and dry, and warm, healthy food.

Just pick, click, and give now – we take care of the rest, making sure your purchase gets to KidsCan. Learn more

Secure your bull team now with no upfront cost!

PGG Wrightson

Apply for a Defer-A-Bull purchase agreement today – a simple, cost effective solution when sourcing your dairy service bulls.

Secure your bull team early with no repayments until bulls are sold. Find out more

What's on: Let's Talk Rubbish - Plastic Free July - Thursday 29 July 6:30pm Grey Lynn

Brian from Westmere

How conscious are you of your footprint?
All of us will leave one - how big though, is up to us.

Join Conscious Action as we explore the world of waste!

From recycling to composting to landfill
From degeneration to regeneration
From linear to circular

During this event we’ll learn about the … View moreHow conscious are you of your footprint?
All of us will leave one - how big though, is up to us.

Join Conscious Action as we explore the world of waste!

From recycling to composting to landfill
From degeneration to regeneration
From linear to circular

During this event we’ll learn about the different waste streams that we contribute to as individuals, how our habits impact our environment, the sharing and circular economies and what they mean for our future, as well as ways to adopt a zero-waste lifestyle and reduce our impact.

Come along to meet like-minded individuals, join an interactive discussion with our guest speakers, mindful moment, sharing and action setting.

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Conscious Action events are a space to connect with like-minded people, collaborate to come up with inspiring ideas, and celebrate what we are already contributing to the collective.

Thursday 29 July 6:30pm at The Workshop Auckland (37d Crummer Road)
Register here: events.humanitix.com...

Do you have a great spinach recipe?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

Every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of tested reader recipes using a seasonal crop. We are now on the hunt for spinach recipes, so send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz before July 26, 2021.

Every published recipe wins a copy of our special edition Homegrown Recipes.

3 seater black leather sofa

Terri from Waterview

In excellent condition.
Would need to collect by Sunday 25th July

Price: $200

Homed - Central Homes - LATEST EDITION OUT NOW (21/22 July 21)

Vicki Freemantle Reporter from Homed - Central Homes

Turn your dream home into a reality - Check out page 3 and read all about 31A Ashby Ave in St Heliers which is on offer through Ruoxi Wang and Dickson Lee from Ray White Epsom, but don't stop there... carry on paging through for many other dream homes currently on offer

SELLING YOUR HOME?
… View moreTurn your dream home into a reality - Check out page 3 and read all about 31A Ashby Ave in St Heliers which is on offer through Ruoxi Wang and Dickson Lee from Ray White Epsom, but don't stop there... carry on paging through for many other dream homes currently on offer

SELLING YOUR HOME?
Contact your preferred Real Estate Agent to get your property featured in the Homed - Central Homes

Distribution & Delivery:
- 56,400 copies delivered free to letterboxes (including those that say "No Junk Mail") and Real Estate offices every Wednesday / Thursday inside select copies of the Central Leader & East & Bays Courier

For more information:
- Please ask your agent to contact Michael Sherwin on 027 296 3305 or michael.sherwin@stuff.co.nz

Not receiving your weekly delivery?
Please phone 0800 339000, choose option 7 or go to www.fixmydelivery.co.nz... or e mail distribution@stuff.co.nz

Peter William’s Natural Joint Secret

Koru Nutrition

Peter Williams reports a natural cream that supports his joints and helps to keep him active.

“When I get up in the morning, I want to know that my joints are healthy, flexible and ready for the day.”

“I recommend Koru FX cream by Koru Nutrition. It’s New Zealand made, natural, fast … View morePeter Williams reports a natural cream that supports his joints and helps to keep him active.

“When I get up in the morning, I want to know that my joints are healthy, flexible and ready for the day.”

“I recommend Koru FX cream by Koru Nutrition. It’s New Zealand made, natural, fast acting and long lasting. It has become NZ’s #1 fastest growing topical joint and muscle support cream and I can see why.”

“Ask for Koru Nutrition’s Koru FX cream next time you’re in the pharmacy and try it for yourself.” Find out more

Toyota Echo FOR SALE $3899ono

Betsy from Avondale

I plan to sell my faithful yellow 2000Toyota Echo. NZ New. Manual drive. (Perfect to learn in.) 1300cc. 5 door hatchback.
Two genuine women owners. 170,000kms. Garaged all its life.
New battery when fully serviced last week. New clutch 1 yr ago. All receipts for 4 tyres + servicing Aircon 2yrs … View moreI plan to sell my faithful yellow 2000Toyota Echo. NZ New. Manual drive. (Perfect to learn in.) 1300cc. 5 door hatchback.
Two genuine women owners. 170,000kms. Garaged all its life.
New battery when fully serviced last week. New clutch 1 yr ago. All receipts for 4 tyres + servicing Aircon 2yrs ago.
$3899 ono
Message me if you know of a buyer.

Negotiable

Act now - check your details now!

Entrust

The next Entrust dividend will be paid in late September. Details are in our recent mail
packs.

Banks aren’t taking cheques anymore so your payment options are: (1) to your bank account, or (2) to your power account.

Check your details and decide how you want the dividend paid. The … View moreThe next Entrust dividend will be paid in late September. Details are in our recent mail
packs.

Banks aren’t taking cheques anymore so your payment options are: (1) to your bank account, or (2) to your power account.

Check your details and decide how you want the dividend paid. The deadline for letting us know is Friday 6 August. Learn more

Your own home minutes from work

Auckland Light Rail

Light rail will help open up new housing opportunities along the route.

Visit lightrail.co.nz to learn more and share your views. Know more

More on Wine, Foodography and Winter Classes

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

For the last few weeks I have been travelling around NZ running a series of Wine Tasting Competitions for the NZ Sommeliers and Wine Professionals for which I am chair. It's been fun putting together a selection of 40 classic wines and preparing sets of questions to test our teams of … View moreFor the last few weeks I have been travelling around NZ running a series of Wine Tasting Competitions for the NZ Sommeliers and Wine Professionals for which I am chair. It's been fun putting together a selection of 40 classic wines and preparing sets of questions to test our teams of winelovers.

We have used Kahoot! which has been enormously successful as a electronic quiz platform in these Covid times. It adds the results instantly and takes away the risk of calculation errors plus the backend provides detailed analytics on who got the answers to how many seconds it took to answer correctly. We know that of the 24 teams the highest scores were 75% correct with over 8 teams achieved above 68% correct. I can see we will use this platform for sometime!

It seems that interest in wines and spirits programmes is also bounding upwards and we have had record enrolments for all our wine classes including WSET Wine and Spirit Education Trust from UK.

This week I had the results of the latest WSET Level 2 Certificate in Wine and with a class of 20 students, 60% gained distinction, a pass of over 85%. Exciting.

Our NZQA Certificate in NZ Wine Micro-Credential is also going for strength to strength and we are about to start offering Corporate & Team Building wine options so that you can get together a group of 8 people and we will run a private programme.

New Zealand wines are much more diverse that most people imagine and it's a great thrill to be able to share lesser-known wineries and underrated regions with our participants as they taste through the wine selection. For more information, email admin@foodandwine.co.nz.

Coming up we have the Winter Forage with Riki Bennett which provides an opportunity to explore our native flora along with innovation around urban hāngi kai-cookery techniques. The FOODOGRAPHY Dinner is back and this year our theme is a Midwinter Christmas Dinner. Both events are part of Auckland's Elemental Festival.

On Sunday 1st August, we host the NZ Sommelier of the Year Awards along with wine tasting events and a Gastronomic Dinner prepared by Chef Finn and our students.

Ngā mihi,
Celia Hay

What's on: Sound Bath Meditation - This Sunday 25 July 7:00pm

Brian from Westmere

During these times it is more important than ever to look after ourselves, connect and ease back into things.

Bathe yourself in the sounds of the gong and singing bowls as their frequency and energy will allow you to stay in a meditative state during the session.
We will tune into the energetics … View moreDuring these times it is more important than ever to look after ourselves, connect and ease back into things.

Bathe yourself in the sounds of the gong and singing bowls as their frequency and energy will allow you to stay in a meditative state during the session.
We will tune into the energetics of these times and open up to receiving.
During the session you can be sitting or laying down; there is no need to do anything other than being in the room!
Suitable for any age, any body, any experience level.
Just bring yourself, a water bottle, a mat, blanket & cushion/pillow for your comfort and eye pillow/cover.

Sunday 25 July 7pm at SOMM (1/1 Howe Street)
Register at: events.humanitix.com...

Can Auckland Council manage the local pushback on big ideas?

Todd Niall Reporter from Auckland Stuff

Kia ora Neighbours, Several council projects have sparked vocal opposition in communities. Henderson's street trial, Onehunga's low-traffic neighbourhood and Western Springs forest. If the council can't reach a consensus on these, what happens when the big changes come? Read the … View moreKia ora Neighbours, Several council projects have sparked vocal opposition in communities. Henderson's street trial, Onehunga's low-traffic neighbourhood and Western Springs forest. If the council can't reach a consensus on these, what happens when the big changes come? Read the story below: