Karapiro - Maungatautari, Cambridge

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941 days ago

Free School Holiday Activities at the Museum!

Trish Seddon from Te Awamutu Museum

Easter Crafts
Come into the Museum for the first week of the holidays and do a fun Easter Egg Hunt and some Easter crafts!
Available April 16 - 22

ANZAC Crafts
Come into the Museum for the second week of the holidays and make some ANZAC poppies and wreaths to display in our foyer.
Available … View more
Easter Crafts
Come into the Museum for the first week of the holidays and do a fun Easter Egg Hunt and some Easter crafts!
Available April 16 - 22

ANZAC Crafts
Come into the Museum for the second week of the holidays and make some ANZAC poppies and wreaths to display in our foyer.
Available April 23 - 30

Free, drop-in style
Activities available from:10.30am - 3.30pm Mon - Fri, 10.30am - 1.30pm Sat. Closed Sundays

941 days ago

New in our Back Porch Exhibition Space!

Trish Seddon from Te Awamutu Museum

Kōkako - Back from the Brink
Highlighting the work of the Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society as they reintroduce the Kōkako to Pirongia.

Family-friendly activities designed to make learning all about this iconic bird lots of fun.

FREE, drop in style of activities. March - April … View more
Kōkako - Back from the Brink
Highlighting the work of the Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society as they reintroduce the Kōkako to Pirongia.

Family-friendly activities designed to make learning all about this iconic bird lots of fun.

FREE, drop in style of activities. March - April 2022

941 days ago

Shape shifter

The Team from Resene ColorShop Cambridge

Create one-of-a-kind artwork that’s inexpensive, eye-catching and easily made with simple shapes painted with Resene paints.

Find out how to create your own.

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942 days ago

Is your cost of living rapidly rising?

The Team from NZ Compare

The affordability of everyday items just keeps increasing! If it’s not the petrol prices, it’s the cost of food, rent or the mortgage and let’s not get started on the kids.

There’s one cost you can control! The household power and broadband bills. Read our top 5 reasons how comparing … View more
The affordability of everyday items just keeps increasing! If it’s not the petrol prices, it’s the cost of food, rent or the mortgage and let’s not get started on the kids.

There’s one cost you can control! The household power and broadband bills. Read our top 5 reasons how comparing them, will help your household save money!

Kiwis don’t like switching much; we get worried or just fed up trying to make more hard decisions. It’s easy as though, we’ll help!

Our service is free, we’re Kiwis helping Kiwis compare what’s out there across PowerBroadband, and Money.
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944 days ago

Fence timber needed

Sarah from Te Awamutu

I know there's a timber shortage, but where can we get these?
- 65 of 150 x 19 x 1800mm fence paling
- 50 of 150 x 19 x 1200mm fence paling
- 4 of 150 x 50 x 6000mm rough sawn rail
- 3 of 150 x 50 x 4800mm rough sawn rail

945 days ago

Kickstart your innovator journey in 2022

Fieldays

Solve the world’s food and fibre challenges with your idea! Fieldays Innovation Awards is now accepting applications.

The total prize package is over $60,000 worth of cash, services, and products with tailored opportunities to progress innovations in each award category.

Entries for the … View more
Solve the world’s food and fibre challenges with your idea! Fieldays Innovation Awards is now accepting applications.

The total prize package is over $60,000 worth of cash, services, and products with tailored opportunities to progress innovations in each award category.

Entries for the awards are open now until 1 May 2022. Apply now!
Find out more

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946 days ago
948 days ago

Paint it purple for Epilepsy NZ

The Team from Resene ColorShop Cambridge

Help Resene raise awareness for Epilepsy NZ. Buy any purple testpot during March and Resene will donate $1 to Epilepsy NZ. Offer applies to all Resene purple 60 mL testpots (excludes metallic and wood stains) purchased by retail customers between 1-31 March 2022 at Resene owned ColorShops NZ.

To… View more
Help Resene raise awareness for Epilepsy NZ. Buy any purple testpot during March and Resene will donate $1 to Epilepsy NZ. Offer applies to all Resene purple 60 mL testpots (excludes metallic and wood stains) purchased by retail customers between 1-31 March 2022 at Resene owned ColorShops NZ.

To find your nearest Resene ColorShop, click here. To find out more about Epilepsy NZ and how you can help, visit the Epilepsy NZ website. Happy purple painting!

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949 days ago

Protect your garden in a changing climate

Climate Insights

Next to our homes, our garden can be our most prized possession! If you want to protect yours from our changing climate: keep an eye out for Climate Insight’s next tool, which will identify any risks your garden may face and give you advice on how to mitigate them. Your personalised report will … View moreNext to our homes, our garden can be our most prized possession! If you want to protect yours from our changing climate: keep an eye out for Climate Insight’s next tool, which will identify any risks your garden may face and give you advice on how to mitigate them. Your personalised report will delve into projected changes in temperature, precipitation, heat waves, growing degree days and much more allowing you to future proof that special space!

Check out our website for more information: www.climateinsights.global....

To get a risk assessment for your home check out our residential property reports.
Find out more

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949 days ago

Opportunity for Tenor singers

Richard from Cambridge

There is an opening for three tenors in our four-part harmony men’s a cappella choir this year. Hamilton’s Mighty River Harmony is looking for choir tenors who have a soaring tenor voice with a musical tone to sing mostly melody in our close harmony style. We are looking for experienced singers… View moreThere is an opening for three tenors in our four-part harmony men’s a cappella choir this year. Hamilton’s Mighty River Harmony is looking for choir tenors who have a soaring tenor voice with a musical tone to sing mostly melody in our close harmony style. We are looking for experienced singers who are able to hold their part against other harmony singers and who like to sing a range of music genre including swing standards, show songs, New Zealand music, and arrangements of modern songs. It would be preferable if you are able to read music; however, we provide all scores and training tracks for ear learners. If you fit these criteria, we'd love to arrange an audition with you. Please contact Musical Director, Jill Rodgers on 027 274 2234, or Richard Bentley (President) on 0211844570.

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949 days ago

Will everyone catch Covid in the current wave?

The Team Reporter from Stuff

For many it may well seem like Covid is closing in and infection is now seemingly unavoidable. Is this actually the case?

Keith Lynch investigates in his latest Stuff Explained column. You can read that here.

For more on the 'why' behind the news', sign up to receive … View more
For many it may well seem like Covid is closing in and infection is now seemingly unavoidable. Is this actually the case?

Keith Lynch investigates in his latest Stuff Explained column. You can read that here.

For more on the 'why' behind the news', sign up to receive 'Explained' straight to your inbox, here.

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949 days ago

Do you want to self-publish a book?

Dee from Cambridge

Do you want to write a book with the intention of having it self-published?

Join Trudi Caffell for an introductory course of 6 weeks starting Wednesday 9 March.

Topics will include:

. writing a commercial fiction novel
. plotting
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Do you want to write a book with the intention of having it self-published?

Join Trudi Caffell for an introductory course of 6 weeks starting Wednesday 9 March.

Topics will include:

. writing a commercial fiction novel
. plotting
. getting the genre right
. marketing
. self-publishing.

This event is being run via Zoom (at least for the earlier sessions, in-house sessions may be run if the traffic light setting changes to orange). Minimum numbers apply.

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950 days ago

17 Shadbolt Drive

Gaylene from Cambridge

Stunning Executive Home available for rent, 4 bedrooms, 2 large living areas, furnished, grounds taken care of as well.

Price: $1,150

951 days ago

Got a business that's made your day?

Prospa

It’s time to give your favourite local business owner the recognition they deserve by nominating them in the 2022 Prospa Local Business Hero awards – and they could be up for some fantastic prizes. 

As NZ’s business lending specialists, we at Prospa love seeing small businesses reach … View more
It’s time to give your favourite local business owner the recognition they deserve by nominating them in the 2022 Prospa Local Business Hero awards – and they could be up for some fantastic prizes. 

As NZ’s business lending specialists, we at Prospa love seeing small businesses reach their goals with a faster, easier approach to business loans. And we’re proud to be back sponsoring the 2022 Prospa Local Business Hero awards.
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951 days ago

Stuff Explained launches (free) newsletter

Stuff

Stuff Explained seeks to explain the 'why' behind the news, delivered straight to your inbox.

Curated by Stuff's Explainer Editor Keith Lynch, the fortnightly newsletter explains everything from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, to the inner workings of the economy, to the forces … View more
Stuff Explained seeks to explain the 'why' behind the news, delivered straight to your inbox.

Curated by Stuff's Explainer Editor Keith Lynch, the fortnightly newsletter explains everything from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, to the inner workings of the economy, to the forces that are shaping how New Zealanders live. It will feature original explainer reporting keeping you up to date with the biggest issues, along with the very best in Stuff Explained reporting you may have missed.

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