Remuera, Auckland

Diploma Chef's cooking with seafood.

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

It's been a great week for our Diploma, Level 5 students preparing these exquisite dishes with seafood.
Starting from the top we have the Pacific Island crudo with Salmon and Coconut. The bottom left is a Mexican Tuna ceviche in lime with corainder chilli and mint and the last dish is … View moreIt's been a great week for our Diploma, Level 5 students preparing these exquisite dishes with seafood.
Starting from the top we have the Pacific Island crudo with Salmon and Coconut. The bottom left is a Mexican Tuna ceviche in lime with corainder chilli and mint and the last dish is Quenelle of Sole and Crayfish with sauce Nantua.

Nood Furniture Gift Card

Anil from Remuera

Hi,
I have a Nood furniture (www.nood.co.nz...) gift card worth $298 which will expire on 14/08/2022. This can be used online as well as in the store. Please PM me if you are interested in buying this. I am looking for a reasonable price.

Price: $298

Do you have a great tamarillo 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 tamarillo recipes, so send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz before July 8, 2022.

Every published recipe wins a copy of our special edition Homegrown … View moreDear neighbours,

Every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of tested reader recipes using a seasonal crop. We are now on the hunt for tamarillo recipes, so send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz before July 8, 2022.

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

Mānawatia a Matariki ... Happy Māori New Year!

Saint Johns Butchery

We get to enjoy our first Matariki public holiday this Friday. It's not just another long weekend, but a time of renewal and celebration that begins with the rising of the Matariki star cluster. It's an opportunity to remember those we have lost since the last rising of Matariki, to … View moreWe get to enjoy our first Matariki public holiday this Friday. It's not just another long weekend, but a time of renewal and celebration that begins with the rising of the Matariki star cluster. It's an opportunity to remember those we have lost since the last rising of Matariki, to celebrate the present by gathering together and giving thanks for what we have, and to look to the future and the promise of a new year.

If you're keen to view the rising of the Matariki star cluster, it can be found low on the horizon in the north east of the sky from around 5.30am. To find Matariki, look to the left of Tautoru (Orion's Belt or the bottom three stars of 'the pot') and find the bright orange star, Taumata-kuku (Alderbaran). Follow an imaginary line from Tautoru, across to Taumata-kuku and keep going left until you see a cluster of stars ... Matariki.

The Saint Johns Butchery store will be open all weekend, with our friendly team of butchers ready to assist you in your selection of meaty treats. Our opening hours this long weekend:
Friday ... 7.30am - 5.00pm
Saturday ... 8.00am - 6.00pm
Sunday ... 8.30am - 5.00pm

Mānawatia a Matariki ... Happy Māori New Year!

Graphic: Te Ara Encyclopaedia of New Zealand

Happy Matariki from Uplands Kindergarten

Head Teacher from Uplands Kindergarten

We have had a busy few weeks preparing for Mātariki with the children at Uplands Kindergarten. We have created stars using many different mediums. We cooked soup made with ingredients shared from our whanau. We cooked Māori bread and eaten it with our friends. Why not pop in and see us next … View moreWe have had a busy few weeks preparing for Mātariki with the children at Uplands Kindergarten. We have created stars using many different mediums. We cooked soup made with ingredients shared from our whanau. We cooked Māori bread and eaten it with our friends. Why not pop in and see us next week when we return from our Mātariki holiday. www.uplandskindergarten.org.nz................................................... or email info@uplandskindergarten.org.nz for further information.

Time to escape your neighbourhood?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Are you overdue a getaway? You could win a 13-day Sir Edmund Hillary Explorer South Island Rail & Coach tour by participating in Neighbourly’s 8th birthday celebration.

To enter the competition, just tell us what you love about your neighbourhood. It could be your favourite spot, a … View moreAre you overdue a getaway? You could win a 13-day Sir Edmund Hillary Explorer South Island Rail & Coach tour by participating in Neighbourly’s 8th birthday celebration.

To enter the competition, just tell us what you love about your neighbourhood. It could be your favourite spot, a beautiful view, or something that makes you smile. You could be in for a once-in-a-lifetime getaway! Share now

2nd hand Mower 4 sale

Charlotte Penrose from Elstree Mowers 2007 Ltd

Hi Everyone,
I have 1 more 2nd hand mower for sale, it's been full-time serviced and comes with a catcher. Call or text 0276013006 have a great long weekend

Matariki Holiday waste collections

The Team from Auckland Council

Matariki Holiday is coming. Some council kerbside collections will be collected a day later. All collection return to normal 27 June. Check your collection dates and sign up for our holiday text reminders by clicking on Read More.

WSET Level 1 Award in Wines

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

Learn the language of wine and become more comfortable with aromas, flavors and characteristics. Our WSET Level 1 Award in Wines is the perfect introduction to the world of wine.

Here are some of the wines tasted in our class this week -
•From Italy Prima Pietra Pinot Grigio 2021
•From … View moreLearn the language of wine and become more comfortable with aromas, flavors and characteristics. Our WSET Level 1 Award in Wines is the perfect introduction to the world of wine.

Here are some of the wines tasted in our class this week -
•From Italy Prima Pietra Pinot Grigio 2021
•From France Domaine Billard-Simon Chablis 2019
•From Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand Fat & Sassy Chardonnay 2021
•From Marlborough, New Zealand Framingham Select Riesling 2020
•From South Africa, Kaapzicht Pinotage 2018
•From Argentina, Catena Zapata ‘Catena’ Malbec 2019
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Next available dates: 16, 18, 23 Aug from 6pm - 9pm.

Free computer table

Rakesh from Epsom

Free white computer table pick up from Epsom

Free

5% Matariki Discount - Personal Medical Alarm

Mercari Limited

Are you or someone you know isolated, have medical issues, alone or maybe just needing some reassurance that a personal alarm may bring? Get 5% off Retail (RRP$497+gst). Offer valid until 5pm 30th June 2022. www.personalmedicalalarms.co.nz...

Email us at contact@mercari.co.nz and quote 5%OFF in… View moreAre you or someone you know isolated, have medical issues, alone or maybe just needing some reassurance that a personal alarm may bring? Get 5% off Retail (RRP$497+gst). Offer valid until 5pm 30th June 2022. www.personalmedicalalarms.co.nz...

Email us at contact@mercari.co.nz and quote 5%OFF in the title, provide your name, contact phone number and delivery address to receive a 5% off invoice.

This offer is not valid with any other promotion or discount. 5% discount will be applied to the RRP invoice. Valid while stocks last. Discounts will not be available beyond the expiry date.

Have you told us about your amazing houseplant collection?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

You have just a few more days to send your entries for our Houseplant Hero competition. You could win some great prizes and of course, more houseplanst!

Drain Ranger Serving the Community

Drain Ranger

Blocked Drain - We’re here to help with CCTV and Hydro Jett. As Certifying Drainlayers we do maintenance and repairs, we tackle drain laying, plotting, drainage inspections and new builds as well as drain unblocking.

We’re locals serving the local community.

Drain Ranger offers … View moreBlocked Drain - We’re here to help with CCTV and Hydro Jett. As Certifying Drainlayers we do maintenance and repairs, we tackle drain laying, plotting, drainage inspections and new builds as well as drain unblocking.

We’re locals serving the local community.

Drain Ranger offers maintenance packages to suit all needs, why not take this opportunity to check what they can do for you? Just email hello@drainranger.co.nz, call 021 709 783 or visit www.drainranger.co.nz to get the ball rolling. You will never regret clean drains! Find out more

Railway Sleepers . The price is for each sleeper.$60

Nichola from Mount Wellington

Free delivery within 5kms for 5 or more
Text 0276488610 if you are interested

Price: $60

Seriously Concerned About The City I call Home- Auckland !

Maria from Mount Wellington

A walk around Auckland city last night left me in disbelief. The city is falling to rack and ruin. Rates rise and the council have their head in the sand. They have just written of 65 million dollars in scrapping the automation of the container terminal. Some of that is my hard earned money, but … View moreA walk around Auckland city last night left me in disbelief. The city is falling to rack and ruin. Rates rise and the council have their head in the sand. They have just written of 65 million dollars in scrapping the automation of the container terminal. Some of that is my hard earned money, but whoosh, a flick of a pen and 65 million dollars is down the gurgler. And yet they rely on the likes of me to report dumped rubbish, litter, blocked drains, fallen trees, graffiti etc. because they do not have enough money to be proactive concerning rubbish and so they are only reactive! So they have littered the city central streets with cheap, nasty triangles of leaf littered red carpet (with a trip able edge) with just as cheap, completely out of place, concrete pipe cylinders, AKA planter boxes, full of half dead, half missing, scrappy ? natives sitting on top. Hideous!! Embarrassing! They are used to dispose of rubbish in & cigarette butts and vandalise. There are many shops for lease, (this I can understand post Covid) ram raided broken windows, homeless in many doorways, old phone box debris, bags of rubbish littering the pavements (why they do not have to use bins I do not understand) you have to walk around, graffiti, shop signage dirty and defaced, ugly planters which are unkempt, ugly temporary cheap looking scooter parking, great chunks of the city blocked with construction, speed limits at a snail’s pace, one way or no way on many streets, difficult parking, and no life or vibrancy. This city for me,is really an embarrassment to call my home. Would love to hear from other likeminded Aucklander’s, who care with some real doable ideas that we could do as a group to improve our city as not ready to let go of this city yet!

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