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It’s that time again neighbours - we need your help! Look at all this creativity hiding behind front doors. We now need YOU to vote for your favourite Upcycling Award finalist. The four designs with the most votes will each receive a $200 Resene voucher and a $300 Prezzy® card!
… View moreIt’s that time again neighbours - we need your help! Look at all this creativity hiding behind front doors. We now need YOU to vote for your favourite Upcycling Award finalist. The four designs with the most votes will each receive a $200 Resene voucher and a $300 Prezzy® card!
Find out a little more about each entry here. Voting closes 5pm Thursday 4 August.
Thanks for voting; your clever neighbours thank you!
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!
Some great news for tennis (and other sports) in our region. Counties Tennis is on the mission to build covered courts. Here is an article with more details
countiessportshub.co.nz...
Kia ora neighbours:
This weekend, the catalysts for Auckland’s rail revival will be feted in two days of events as they run for the last time between Papakura and Pukekohe, beyond the southern limit of the city’s electrified network.
Rail services will resume in about two years, once … View moreKia ora neighbours:
This weekend, the catalysts for Auckland’s rail revival will be feted in two days of events as they run for the last time between Papakura and Pukekohe, beyond the southern limit of the city’s electrified network.
Rail services will resume in about two years, once electrification has been built, with bus services providing the link during construction.
Auckland Transport said the farewell for the diesel units triggered a mix of emotions.
“We should be sad. It's a milestone – 30 years of these trains and a lot of Aucklanders grew up with them. That's how they commuted or went to school,” said John Nottage, communications led.
“But it also marks the entry of a new era and making sure that the people of Pukekohe and Papakura have new accessible, faster, quieter trains.”
What are your memories of these trains?
Read more from Todd Niall: www.stuff.co.nz...
We know the prospect of moving can be challenging at the best of times. Best way forward is to speak to our current residents who have already made their move into a retirement community and we hope you’ll feel more comfortable about any move you may be planning.
Some Hints & Tips:
… View moreWe know the prospect of moving can be challenging at the best of times. Best way forward is to speak to our current residents who have already made their move into a retirement community and we hope you’ll feel more comfortable about any move you may be planning.
Some Hints & Tips:
1.Speak to your future neighbours
2.Find out more about your location
3.Use the opportunity to rightsize
4.Take advantage of the exclusive facilities and services
5. You're in safe hands
6. Be as sociable as you want to be (or not)
7. Integrate your family and friends into the place you call home
8. And if you’re not moving already, don’t leave it too late!
If you’re aged 60 and over, value your independence but want greater security, come and have a look at the superb properties we have to offer
Contact long time manager Burce Cullington on (09) 268 8522
Invitation Visitors/ guests are welcome
Date July 27th Time: 6.30 for 7pm
Venue: Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club, Nelson St, Pukekohe.
Speaker: Police Officer Cathy Taylor ‘Youth at Risk’. Come and find out how to protect our youth.
BPW Franklin’s Mothers & Daughters evening.… View moreInvitation Visitors/ guests are welcome
Date July 27th Time: 6.30 for 7pm
Venue: Pukekohe Cosmopolitan Club, Nelson St, Pukekohe.
Speaker: Police Officer Cathy Taylor ‘Youth at Risk’. Come and find out how to protect our youth.
BPW Franklin’s Mothers & Daughters evening.
Cost: $30
Contact: catering@bpwfranklin.org.nz to register and obtain bank account details before 8pm Sunday 24th July.
Hey Neighbours!
Australian Open and Stuff newspaper are giving you and a friend the chance to kick off grand slam season in Melbourne next year with an epic prize valued at over $8,000! Simply follow the link below and enter your details to be in to win.
Competition closes on Friday 12 … View moreHey Neighbours!
Australian Open and Stuff newspaper are giving you and a friend the chance to kick off grand slam season in Melbourne next year with an epic prize valued at over $8,000! Simply follow the link below and enter your details to be in to win.
Competition closes on Friday 12 August 2022. Terms and conditions apply.
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Spark have recently announced a price increase of $3 - $5 a month for new and existing broadband customers and other providers seem likely to follow suit.
Information collated by our research team has found that tens of thousands of Kiwis are still missing out on hundreds of dollars of savings … View moreSpark have recently announced a price increase of $3 - $5 a month for new and existing broadband customers and other providers seem likely to follow suit.
Information collated by our research team has found that tens of thousands of Kiwis are still missing out on hundreds of dollars of savings each year on their broadband bill, because they are failing to shop around for cheaper broadband plans.
We estimate that over 500,000 households would be able to pay less for their broadband each month but many consumers are unaware of the fact that they could be making these savings and people often don’t know where to start when looking for a change in broadband plan or provider.
This is where NZ Compare can help. Our websites are simple to use and if you need more help, our friendly, Auckland based, customer support centre can advise on the most suitable broadband plan for your needs and help talk you through the switch. With unlimited fibre broadband plans available for less than $60 a month why would you pay more?
Find out more at NZ Compare or call the team on 0508 226672
CORRECTION: This post has been amended to clarify that the price of fibre and copper broadband internet services will increase, and that the increase is between $3 and $5 a month, not only $5 a month on fibre broadband plans as previously posted. (Amended at 10.31am, June 23, 2022)
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Hi neighbours,
It’s Tracey here from Papakura Transfer Station. If you’re having a garden or house clear out we’re here to help, we accept car and boot loads, trailers, vans and utes plus we’re open 7 days a week and in an easy to get to central location.
We have great affordable … View moreHi neighbours,
It’s Tracey here from Papakura Transfer Station. If you’re having a garden or house clear out we’re here to help, we accept car and boot loads, trailers, vans and utes plus we’re open 7 days a week and in an easy to get to central location.
We have great affordable prices and don’t forget that it’s free to drop off glass bottles, clean flat packed cardboard and aluminium cans.
We’re easy to find at 25 Inlet Road, Takanini – see you soon!
Tracey
Papakura Transfer Station
For opening hours, prices and more info visit our website.
Fill a bag of kids' clothes for $5; Ladies' jumpers buy one get one free; Ladies' boots $2 a pair at the Pukekohe Anglican Church Garage Sale this Saturday. Also household goods, furniture, toys and books. We're the old red-brick church on the corner of Queen St and Wesley St, … View moreFill a bag of kids' clothes for $5; Ladies' jumpers buy one get one free; Ladies' boots $2 a pair at the Pukekohe Anglican Church Garage Sale this Saturday. Also household goods, furniture, toys and books. We're the old red-brick church on the corner of Queen St and Wesley St, Pukekohe. Doors open 8am Saturday July 23.
Franklin Arts Festival committee members are exhibiting a "gathering of ideas" in the form of the multi disciplines held within the group - glass, weaving, painting, photography, pastels, and ceramics.
'GATHERING'
Franklin Arts Festival Committee Members: Lois Templeton, … View moreFranklin Arts Festival committee members are exhibiting a "gathering of ideas" in the form of the multi disciplines held within the group - glass, weaving, painting, photography, pastels, and ceramics.
'GATHERING'
Franklin Arts Festival Committee Members: Lois Templeton, Jenny Begg, Frances Stevens, Mary Coleman, Keith Galvin, Sandy Littlejohns-Clark, Shelley Wilkin and Leonie Richardson.
Wednesday 3 - Monday 22 August
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Exhibition Opening: Wednesday 3 August, 4.30pm - 6pm
This will also be an opportunity for the committee to announce dates and themes for the Franklin Arts Festival 2023.
Free entry. All welcome!
Kia ora neighbours,
A group of activists rallying for change at a “death trap” of a junction in rural south Auckland has won a temporary set of traffic lights to manage hectic traffic flows on and off the motorway.
At the increasingly busy service station and retail zone on Mill Road, Bombay,… View moreKia ora neighbours,
A group of activists rallying for change at a “death trap” of a junction in rural south Auckland has won a temporary set of traffic lights to manage hectic traffic flows on and off the motorway.
At the increasingly busy service station and retail zone on Mill Road, Bombay, drivers struggle to get in and out of Mill Road between the service station and the State Highway 1 on and off-ramps.
Fed-up locals established the Bombay Collision Cross Roads Action Group to demand change from Waka Kotahi and Auckland Transport.
That has resulted in a short-term design, which would include a traffic light at the SH1 southbound off-ramp at Bombay, the northbound off-ramp and on-ramp and the exit from the Bombay service centre, which would all be linked to each other, Waka Kotahi said.
Between 2014 and 2021, there were two fatal crashes and five serious crashes on Mill Road, according to road safety data from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Auckland Transport.
In a statement, a Waka Kotahi spokesperson said staff undertook traffic modelling before recommending that traffic lights were the most appropriate solution.
What do you think of the traffic light solution?
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