3326 days ago

A small milestone as a JP

Shirish Paranjape from

Recently I served my 500th client as a Justice of the Peace.

It is indeed a privilege to be able to help my clients realise their dreams - as diverse as getting admission to school / uni. getting 18+ card, applying for residence visa, sponsoring family to visit NZ, adopting a child,.....the list is endless.

Interestingly, I am seeing clients more regularly now. The first 100 took 399 days, then 281, 243, 209, and the most recent hundred took 193 days.

Thanks to each of my clients who made me part of their dreams.
There is always something to learn from every appointment.

More messages from your neighbours
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2 hours ago

Women’s Only Tennis Day

Caitlin from St Albans

Hi everyone, we’re hosting a women’s only tennis day at St Albans Tennis Club on Sunday the 5th of April. You don’t have to have any prior experience and all the gear is provided by the club. Bring your friends, flatmates, family and have some fun!
37 Dover Street, St Albans. 1-4pm
You can register your interest here: tr.ee...

12 days ago

Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.

Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.

For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.

Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!

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4 days ago

🎉 Riddle me this, legends! 🎉

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

He/She who makes it, sells it.
He/She who buys it, doesn't use it.
The user doesn't know they are using it.
What is it?

(Shezz from Ngāruawāhia kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Shezz!)

Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post if you know the answer and the big reveal will be posted in the comments at 2pm on the day!

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