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One year on: teaching online cooking, wine and history and our News

We watch captivated by the spectacle of those impressive America's Cup yachts foiling at 40 knots across the Hauraki Gulf, and at the same time, it's hard not to have a salutary reflection on the last 12 months.

Almost to the day, we were celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the New Zealand School of Food and Wine with special wine tastings, cooking classes, forage and gastronomic dinner for over 75 guests + our students. Many of our Christchurch team, including Lois, Philippe and Victoria had come up for the weekend. My mother-in-law, June Hay had also joined us from her retirement home in Christchurch. By Sunday 15 March, I was getting pretty nervous about Covid-19 and rather than have June stay in the North Island for a holiday, she returned home the next day. A few days later June's rest home went into lockdown and I counted the 14 days to see if we too had a NZSFW Covid Cluster. Fortunately not! See below some photos as we recalled the 10th Anniversary of the Christchurch Earthquakes.

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2 days ago

Poll: Does the building consent process need to change?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

We definitely need homes that are fit to live in but there are often frustrations when it comes to getting consent to modify your own home.
Do you think changes need made to the current process for building consent? Share your thoughts below.

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Does the building consent process need to change?

91.7% Yes

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8% No

8% Complete
0.3% Other - I'll share below!

0.3% Complete

903 votes

2 hours ago

Mindfulness sessions in Titirangi

Yulia from Titirangi

Mindfulness sessions @ Titirangi Community House with a certified mindfulness coach, every Friday 8-9pm starting 03 May.
Mindfulness is known to reduce stress, anxiety, and reactivity while improving attention, sleep, and overall wellbeing.
Cost: koha (pay as much as you can afford).
Bookings are essential as spaces are limited @

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