Place making - workshops!
Greening the Rubble and the Phillipstown Community Hub are going to build an extraordinary, astonishing, marvellous outdoor gathering space for the people of Phillipstown to use. We are going to start workshops and…..
…..we want you
We are looking for people with all sorts of skills, or wanting to learn skills.
Work sessions will be on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9am-12 noon and 1pm - 4pm.
Possibly other days also. You don’t have to stay the whole time, but you do need to be there for the safety training at the start of each session.
We are hoping to start building early November and be finished by Christmas.
If you are interested in being part of this project please register your interest by completing this quick 1 min survey or get in touch with the Phillipstown Community Hub: www.surveymonkey.com...
For information, please come along to the Hub (39 Nursery Road, Room 2) or ring 020 40 69 1419 or (03) 5952023.
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Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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52.8% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.8% Critical thinking
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29.7% Resilience and adaptability
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2.8% Other - I will share below!
Some Choice News!
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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