South New Brighton, Christchurch

2660 days ago

Score a FREE dip bowl for the perfect dipping occasion!

FreshChoice Parklands

Mix up a kiwi favourite by purchasing 2 Maggi packet soup mix and 2 Nestlé Reduced Cream Cans and you'll get a free dipping bowl to enjoy your dip! Find your local FreshChoice store and get your free bowl today! There are 4 Bowl Designs to Collect!
All FreshChoice supermarkets will have … View more
Mix up a kiwi favourite by purchasing 2 Maggi packet soup mix and 2 Nestlé Reduced Cream Cans and you'll get a free dipping bowl to enjoy your dip! Find your local FreshChoice store and get your free bowl today! There are 4 Bowl Designs to Collect!
All FreshChoice supermarkets will have the bowls available until while stocks last, so get in quick!
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2661 days ago

Are your Children fussy eaters?? Not getting enough Greens into their diet? Fussy adults??

Julian Marshall from Marshall's Health and Natural Therapy

Try Kids Good Good Stuff, a tasty smoothie they will love!

Because nutrition should be fun. :)

Contains fruit, veges, berries, vitamins, minerals, protein, Prebiotics,
Probiotics, Digestive Enzymes, Antioxidants and wholefoods.

Flavours available, Chocolate, Chocolate Honey Comb, Mint … View more
Try Kids Good Good Stuff, a tasty smoothie they will love!

Because nutrition should be fun. :)

Contains fruit, veges, berries, vitamins, minerals, protein, Prebiotics,
Probiotics, Digestive Enzymes, Antioxidants and wholefoods.

Flavours available, Chocolate, Chocolate Honey Comb, Mint Chocolate, Chocolate Banana.

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2661 days ago

Help your community - volunteer this Saturday!

Media Team from Christchurch City Council

This is could be you! We’ve had a large group pull out of this Saturday afternoon’s planting event so we have 25 available seats on the bus and we’d love you to fill them. Register directly with the ranger di.carter@ccc.govt.nz #volunteer #dogood

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2661 days ago

Cheers to the Volunteers

Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Every year, over 11,000 brave men and women keep us safe. Most of them are working full-time jobs. Many are parents or grandparents. When the siren sounds, they all come running.

If you know a fire volunteer, this is your chance to say thanks. #cheerstothevolunteers
Say thanks

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2662 days ago

Electric Kiwi tops customer satisfaction survey

Electric Kiwi

Each year, Canstar Blue asks thousands of electricity customers to rate their retailer on key criteria. This year twelve different retailers feature in the results with Electric Kiwi winning the 2017 Most Satisfied Customers Award – Electricity Providers!

We’re really proud of the way our … View more
Each year, Canstar Blue asks thousands of electricity customers to rate their retailer on key criteria. This year twelve different retailers feature in the results with Electric Kiwi winning the 2017 Most Satisfied Customers Award – Electricity Providers!

We’re really proud of the way our team has made our customers advocates of the Electric Kiwi brand by delivering an exceptional customer experience, and it’s great to see how much customers love Electric Kiwi.

If you’re interested in guaranteed savings, no contracts, awesome online service and one hour of free power every day, then join Electric Kiwi – Rated #1 for Customer Satisfaction.
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2663 days ago

It's National Volunteer Week!

Volunteering New Zealand

Te Radar (TV personality and local legend) shared a video with us in celebration of "National Volunteer Week: Live, Laugh, Share, Volunteer" :www.youtube.com...

Find out more about National Volunteer Week or to find a volunteer centre near you here

2663 days ago

Heading to Ballantynes?

Media Team from Christchurch City Council

Choose from over 400 parking spaces at The Crossing car park.

Whether you're shopping or looking for your next dose of caffeine, the city centre has it all.

To plan your journey or for more parking options visit ccc.govt.nz/carpark

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2663 days ago

Sharp Rates

SBS Bank

Hi Neighbourly members, at SBS Bank, we’re owned by our customers. So our profit goes back into things like providing sharp Term Investment rates. If you’re looking to take the next step with your savings, have some extra cash to invest or you’re looking for interest income – … View moreHi Neighbourly members, at SBS Bank, we’re owned by our customers. So our profit goes back into things like providing sharp Term Investment rates. If you’re looking to take the next step with your savings, have some extra cash to invest or you’re looking for interest income – let’s get your money growing. Learn more

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2664 days ago

Dr Lance O'Sullivan: It was when my daughter got sick that I realised how important immunisation is

Reporter Sunday Star Times

Dr Lance O'Sullivan writes from the heart, and from the head: "It was 1996 and we were young parents. I was at medical school when I came upon an anti-immunisation pamphlet left in one of our lecture theatres.

"I was suspicious of the establishment at the time. You need to … View more
Dr Lance O'Sullivan writes from the heart, and from the head: "It was 1996 and we were young parents. I was at medical school when I came upon an anti-immunisation pamphlet left in one of our lecture theatres.

"I was suspicious of the establishment at the time. You need to understand, I had grown up a welfare-dependent "half-caste" (I hate that term) boy living with his mother, escaping from a life of alcohol, crime and a level of violence that I would not tolerate for my daughters. An under-achiever, I was expelled from two secondary schools. I feel I had a reason to be angry at "the system".

"Then I became a father. It changed my life. I needed to be a responsible adult caring for a son, then a daughter – eventually seven children. We were young parents and wanted to do only the best for these precious beings.

"I read the pamphlet. It described "studies" in the Netherlands into communities that didn't look like mine, but I took little persuasion. I stated our second child, our little daughter Te Miringa, would not be immunised.

"At the time my wife Tracy was working as a nurse at the local medical centre and immunising children daily. Yet this was my protest against the establishment that I so mistrusted.

"Fifteen months later, we had a scare. Te Miringa became unwell with high fever and a body rash and the doctors were concerned as there was a measles outbreak locally. And I realised the information from the Netherlands did not reflect my reality.

"We got Te Miringa immunised."

www.stuff.co.nz...

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2671 days ago

Brighton's Big Belly bins lead to less litter

Media Team from Christchurch City Council

A New Brighton trial of high-tech solar-powered rubbish bins has proved so successful it has been extended for another three months.

Since the bins were installed at the Whale Pool playground three months ago contractors have only had to empty them, on average, once a week.

Read more at … View more
A New Brighton trial of high-tech solar-powered rubbish bins has proved so successful it has been extended for another three months.

Since the bins were installed at the Whale Pool playground three months ago contractors have only had to empty them, on average, once a week.

Read more at Newsline: ccc.govt.nz...

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2664 days ago

Backyard Mistletoe Project

Media Team from Christchurch City Council

Christchurch, we’ve got a radical DIY garden project for you this weekend...
Let's cover Christchurch in native green mistletoe so the city can become a haven for native bellbirds. The Backyard Mistletoe Project is led by Christchurch City Council graduate ecologist Kristina MacDonald.
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Christchurch, we’ve got a radical DIY garden project for you this weekend...
Let's cover Christchurch in native green mistletoe so the city can become a haven for native bellbirds. The Backyard Mistletoe Project is led by Christchurch City Council graduate ecologist Kristina MacDonald.
Pick up your seeds from the Christchurch Botanic Gardens this Friday or Saturday and sow the seeds before Sunday night.
Watch the video and read more at NEWSLINE: www.ccc.govt.nz...

2664 days ago

The meals must get through

Community Resilience Coordinator from New Zealand Red Cross

Every day our tireless Meals on Wheels volunteers, like Murray Gardiner (pictured), deliver meals to elderly and vulnerable people throughout Christchurch. They've delivered more than 160,000 hot lunches in the city over the past 12 months alone!
It's just one of many ways that New … View more
Every day our tireless Meals on Wheels volunteers, like Murray Gardiner (pictured), deliver meals to elderly and vulnerable people throughout Christchurch. They've delivered more than 160,000 hot lunches in the city over the past 12 months alone!
It's just one of many ways that New Zealand Red Cross is here for good, not just in Christchurch, but around New Zealand.
Check out Meals on Wheels

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2665 days ago

National Volunteer Week - 18 to 24 June 2017

The Team from Citizens Advice Christchurch Area

This year's theme is "Live, laugh, share -- Volunteer" or "Kia ringa hora: Me mahi tūao." This positive message is about celebrating what volunteers bring to their communities. It is important to recognise volunteering and the place it has in keeping our communities … View moreThis year's theme is "Live, laugh, share -- Volunteer" or "Kia ringa hora: Me mahi tūao." This positive message is about celebrating what volunteers bring to their communities. It is important to recognise volunteering and the place it has in keeping our communities strong and healthy.

The benefits of being a volunteer are well-documented. There's better health and the feel-good endorphins that volunteering releases; around how volunteering can help with job prospects; and other health benefits such as extending longevity and reducing depression in many people. As poet and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson observed, It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely help another without helping himself.

National Volunteer Week is a great opportunity to start volunteering or, if you already volunteer, it's a great time to invite a friend to join you. The positive message for the Week celebrates the joy that volunteers bring to their communities. It also reminds us that volunteers reap the reward of a happier, more engaged life because they feel connected to their communities.

“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.” — Elizabeth Andrew

I would like to use this opportunity to recognise the huge amount of work done by just over 100 Volunteers for the Christchurch Area Citizens Advice Bureau (3 Branches and 2 satellites). There is extensive training to start with and then they commit to on going training to keep up to date. I am in awe of the service you provide with diligence, care, sympathy and empathy to help anyone who seeks out assistance.

www.nationalvolunteerweek.nz...

www.cab.org.nz...

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