40 days ago

And the 2024 Prospa Local Business Hero is...

Prospa

A huge congratulations to mother and son duo, Mary and Sam Danielson from The Puketapu Hotel.

The votes for all finalists have been tallied and they have been chosen by Neighbourly members across the country as the Prospa Local Business Hero of 2024.

The Puketapu Hotel was nominated by a local called Margaret and the nomination reads:
'On Feb 14, 2023, Cyclone Gabrielle flooded many of the rural areas. Puketapu Hotel went under perhaps half a meter of water. However, immediately Mary Danielson and her son, Sam Danielson, along with their loyal staff pulled it together to cook copious amounts of food that without electricity would have been wasted. Throughout the years many of us have been treated with a pub gathering where we can reconnect and a free meal. At Christmas there was Santa, games, gifts for kids, donated patchwork for adults, an ice cream truck and lots of camaraderie.
This February on the cyclone anniversary, they again pulled out the stops to give hundreds of us a special night. We are all tired of the cyclone cleanup and they understood that it was needed.'

Such a deserving business and team, well done Mary and Sam. And thank you to all those who voted!

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More messages from your neighbours
11 hours ago

Do you volunteer or know someone who does?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

It's NZ Volunteer Week (16-22 June) and we know there are real good sorts in your community.

Often these kind acts and regular volunteering efforts go unnoticed but let's put a stop to that.

Let us know below who is making a difference in your neighbourhood so we can all appreciate them for the great work that they do!

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1 hour ago

This Monday

Ange Newman from Oaklands Toastmasters Club

Tonight(17 June @7.15pm at Halswell Bowling club)we have the wonderful Jess Farrar as Toastmaster. The theme is
adding to our life skills toolbox. If you have been contemplating coming to check us out or you may be needing to do a speech then tonight is definitely a night to come. We are having a workshop on speech writing presented by a former member Sarah Taylor. Giving us some tools to make the speech writing process less intimidating and easier!
Come and add to your toolbox 🧰 😀

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1 hour ago

Halswell Newsletter Contributions

Keri Glassenbury from Halswell Community Project

Newsletter contributions - it is that time of the month again. If you have any notices/events/articles of interest for July's newsletter please send through to Keri at halswellnewsletter@gmail.com by the 24th of June.
www.halswellcommunity.net.nz...