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Making the decision to move into a retirement village can be a daunting experience. With so many things to consider, we want to make the process a little easier.
Visiting a village is the best way to obtain a true appreciation of what life will be like, take in the sights and sounds, and observe… View moreMaking the decision to move into a retirement village can be a daunting experience. With so many things to consider, we want to make the process a little easier.
Visiting a village is the best way to obtain a true appreciation of what life will be like, take in the sights and sounds, and observe the general atmosphere. Find out why Bill and Leonie from Jane Mander Retirement Village in Whangerei, found the support and care they needed from the village community.
Would anyone else be keen to see plastic-free produce sections in our local supermarkets? Apparently New World, who have started to roll out "food in the nude" fruit and vege sections have had loads of positive feedback, and experienced up to 3x higher sales of some things like spring … View moreWould anyone else be keen to see plastic-free produce sections in our local supermarkets? Apparently New World, who have started to roll out "food in the nude" fruit and vege sections have had loads of positive feedback, and experienced up to 3x higher sales of some things like spring onions. It feels like our local supermarkets are a bit behind the 8-ball on this from what I can see?? Does anyone know if the Fresh Choice supermarkets plan to do something similar? wellmadeclothes.co.nz...
Do you need funding to make projects happen? Apply for funding from our Strengthening Communities Fund!
Applications for funding are open until 9 April 2019.
If you're interested, or have any questions, head along to tomorrow (Wednesday 13th)'s information session in the Papanui-Innes… View moreDo you need funding to make projects happen? Apply for funding from our Strengthening Communities Fund!
Applications for funding are open until 9 April 2019.
If you're interested, or have any questions, head along to tomorrow (Wednesday 13th)'s information session in the Papanui-Innes Community Boardroom (Langdons Road).
We'll be there between 5.30pm - 6.30pm
A radical overhaul of Christchurch's school network will see all of the city's state secondary schools zoned.
A seven-year project by local principals and boards of trustees to manage enrolments across the city culminated in an announcement on Monday that seven schools – Burnside … View moreA radical overhaul of Christchurch's school network will see all of the city's state secondary schools zoned.
A seven-year project by local principals and boards of trustees to manage enrolments across the city culminated in an announcement on Monday that seven schools – Burnside High, Hillmorton High, Mairehau High, Papanui High, Riccarton High School, Linwood College, and Haeata Community Campus – will amend or implement their enrolment zones. Keep updated here
Brand new Zumba classes available on Tuesdays in Redwood, Thursdays in Merivale and Saturdays in Marshland!
please sign the petition . save our aquifers from being drained... We can only drink 1% of the worlds water. It takes 1000, of years to get filtered down to these aquifers... yet due to an ancient law allowing a previous wool scouring plant to use a water well the chinese company cloud ocean … View moreplease sign the petition . save our aquifers from being drained... We can only drink 1% of the worlds water. It takes 1000, of years to get filtered down to these aquifers... yet due to an ancient law allowing a previous wool scouring plant to use a water well the chinese company cloud ocean water is taking billions of gallons of our town water and putting it in plastic bottles and without paying us are shipping it back to china to make massive profits. meanwhile our children and grandchildren will be dying for lack of this most valuable resource water is everything, water is life.
www.change.org...
The way you parent has little effect on post-traumatic stress your children may be experiencing, research shows.
University of Canterbury researcher Dr Kathleen Liberty says parenting styles account for about 2 to 5 per cent of the variance in childhood post-traumatic stress disorder.
This … View moreThe way you parent has little effect on post-traumatic stress your children may be experiencing, research shows.
University of Canterbury researcher Dr Kathleen Liberty says parenting styles account for about 2 to 5 per cent of the variance in childhood post-traumatic stress disorder.
This knowledge should reassure parents who believe their children's trauma and anxiety arises from the stress the Canterbury earthquakes have placed on many families, and remind schools dealing with quake-affected children not to engage in "parent shaming", Liberty says.
Canterbury's top police boss has directed all frontline officers in the region to be armed after a street shoot-out.
Got a Fridge Freezer Elba by Fisher and Paykel small unit only six years old for sale
In our own backyard, our youngest kids are going without the basics. Unlike schools, early childhood centres don’t have a nationwide support programme. Children under 5 are at the most crucial age for brain development.
But KidsCan is helping. Since October they've been delivering five … View moreIn our own backyard, our youngest kids are going without the basics. Unlike schools, early childhood centres don’t have a nationwide support programme. Children under 5 are at the most crucial age for brain development.
But KidsCan is helping. Since October they've been delivering five fresh meals a week to 25 early childhood centres, and kitting out kids with new raincoats and shoes. They want to extend the programme, so no one misses out on learning.
KidsCan, Neighbourly and Stuff have partnered up to raise enough money to feed and clothe 1000 more children under five. To support a child, sign up at KidsCan.org.nz.
6:22am this morning the residents of Perth Street in Richmond were woken by a fleet of concrete trucks and a loud concrete pump filling a foundation on the Williams Corporation constuction site at #58 Perth Street.
No doubt the residents over the back fence of the site in Cumberland Street were … View more6:22am this morning the residents of Perth Street in Richmond were woken by a fleet of concrete trucks and a loud concrete pump filling a foundation on the Williams Corporation constuction site at #58 Perth Street.
No doubt the residents over the back fence of the site in Cumberland Street were also woken, again!
This is the fourth time our neighbourhood has been woken by concrete pours here WELL BEFORE the permitted 7am time when construction noise is permitted in a residential area. The earliest we have been woken to date is 5:50am.
By Williams Corporations own admission on Google, they are not permitted to start work before 7am, yet they have continued to do so.
(Please see attached)
Noise Control have been called on multiple occasions (including this morning), however they have not shut the noise down and in spite of the fact residents have sent through time stamped photographs of construction taking place well before 7am, they have done nothing.
Contact has also been made with the Compliance Unit at the Council requesting that team to intervene as they can schedule a Noise Control Officer to be rostered to monitor the site before 7am on the days when the concrete pours are scheduled - they apparently are advised in advance by the building inspectors of the dates the pours will happen - yet they also have not been proactive in doing so in spite of being well informed of the noise issues that we have been experiencing with this developer.
Please join us in bringing this developer to account.
• Search Williams Corporation on Google.
• Then click on the Review button on their website, and post a 1 star Google rating for,
a) by their own admission not following the Construction Noise regulations (see screenshot of that posting made by them) and,
b) being so completely disrespectful of the residents of our communities ability to actually sleep undisturbed through the night.
I am certain the other communities around their other construction sites will be facing similar noise issues.
Incidentially, Matthew Horncastle and Blair Chappell (Managing Directors of Williams Corporation) were both called two times before 7am this morning advising them of the noise disturbance.
All four phone calls went unanswered.
It is now 840am and neither one of them has called back to make any effort to apologise.
Many thanks.
Greg Partridge
48 Perth Street
Begonia specialist Graham Milne has also gone on to develop and breed one of the largest collections of tuberous begonias in the country.
New Brighton Community Gardens is pleased to host The Rubbish Trip's popular presentation on zero waste living in New Brighton.
Join Hannah and Liam, the Two No-Waste Nomads behind The Rubbish Trip, for an introduction to the practicalities and philosophy of waste reduction. Drawing on their … View moreNew Brighton Community Gardens is pleased to host The Rubbish Trip's popular presentation on zero waste living in New Brighton.
Join Hannah and Liam, the Two No-Waste Nomads behind The Rubbish Trip, for an introduction to the practicalities and philosophy of waste reduction. Drawing on their own research and over four years of experience living zero waste, Hannah and Liam will guide you through the whys and the hows of life without a rubbish bin, including:
- What is the zero waste movement? Why is waste reduction important?
- How zero waste principles can revolutionise your perspectives on living and lifestyle, beyond your rubbish bin.
- Innovative examples of waste minimisation policy, practice and thinking from around the globe, and how these might inform community-level waste reduction.
- Tips for how you can reduce the rubbish in your life (including fun DIY household products, cosmetics, and other life hacks).
This event is free; everyone is welcome. Free zero waste nibbles, tea and coffee will be provided. BYO reusable, non-disposable cup!
This talk is part of The Rubbish Trip's travelling project, taking the zero waste message around Aotearoa New Zealand. Follow them on Facebook for updates and upcoming events around the country!
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