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Same Event, Same Venue, different date, 30 November to 3 December.
Plenty to see and do, eat, buy and try.
From Agri machinery, to new innovations, career opportunities and competitions.
We want to celebrate the sector that is relentlessly hard-working, at the forefront of world-leading … View moreSame Event, Same Venue, different date, 30 November to 3 December.
Plenty to see and do, eat, buy and try.
From Agri machinery, to new innovations, career opportunities and competitions.
We want to celebrate the sector that is relentlessly hard-working, at the forefront of world-leading technologies, and economically critical to our country.
The largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere.
Bringing town and country together over four days
The ultimate opportunity for agribusiness networking throughout the primary sector value chain.
Got to www.fieldays.co.nz to buy tickets.
It’s everyone’s favourite October holiday. That time of year when you decorate your home with spiders and dress up in costumes. Have a spookylicious night!
Retirement is an exciting time, filled with possibilities. Our fixed fee guarantee is one of the ways we provide financial certainty. Ryman residents love it as it helps them reduce rising living costs and surprise expenses.
Enjoy the quality amenities at every Ryman village and splurge a little… View moreRetirement is an exciting time, filled with possibilities. Our fixed fee guarantee is one of the ways we provide financial certainty. Ryman residents love it as it helps them reduce rising living costs and surprise expenses.
Enjoy the quality amenities at every Ryman village and splurge a little on yourself if you feel like it! Take up that hobby you’ve dreamed of or plan a holiday somewhere warm.
It’s easy to live life your way when you have freedom to do the things you enjoy. It’s another example of how we’re pioneering retirement living.
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This Art event showcases a rare and special collection of works that reflect the beautiful Banks Peninsula/Horomaka Island, with the artworks being auctioned on 29 October to raise funds for the Governors Bay Jetty rebuild.
Exhibition: 18 to 22 October, 10.30am to 4pm, at The Tannery in Woolston… View moreThis Art event showcases a rare and special collection of works that reflect the beautiful Banks Peninsula/Horomaka Island, with the artworks being auctioned on 29 October to raise funds for the Governors Bay Jetty rebuild.
Exhibition: 18 to 22 October, 10.30am to 4pm, at The Tannery in Woolston (upstairs - entry next to the cinema)
Auction: 29 October at Ōtoromiro Hotel in Governors Bay. Doors open at 2.30pm and the live auction will begin once people have had a chance to mingle and bid on the silent auction, sometime between 3.30pm and 4.30pm.
View the artworks online here: www.savethejetty.org....
Can’t make the Auction? You can submit an Absentee Bid here: www.savethejetty.org...
Find out more about the Jetty Rebuild at www.savethejetty.org..., or on Facebook at www.facebook.com...
Artists featured in the Distinctly Peninsula Exhibition include:
• Andrew Lyons
• Annie Collins
• Callum Arnold
• Charrette van Eekelen
• Dean Venrooy
• Diana Nicholson-Plank
• Don McAra
• Fergus Lockyer
• Gus Milne
• Heidi Anderson
• John Barry
• Joyce Gunther
• Kim Hennessy
• Malcolm Robinson
• Mike White
• Pammie Moonlight
• Philip Beadle
• Ralph Woodward
• Renzie Hanham
• Schira Withers
• Tony Eastwood
• Unknown artist, 1949 painting of the jetty donated by Lionel Jefcoate's family
10am 5th November
The Phillipstown Murals Walk is part of the Phillipstown Walks project.
The Phillipstown Walks is a series of free, resident-led guided walks within Phillipstown that celebrate local history and the knowledge residents hold.
This walk will focus on discovering the pieces of … View more10am 5th November
The Phillipstown Murals Walk is part of the Phillipstown Walks project.
The Phillipstown Walks is a series of free, resident-led guided walks within Phillipstown that celebrate local history and the knowledge residents hold.
This walk will focus on discovering the pieces of street art that colour the walls of many building in our neighbourhood.
This walk is organised in collaboration with Watch this Space. Reuben Woods, Watch this Space creative director (whose PhD focused on graffiti and street art within post-earthquake Christchurch) will lead our tour around Phillipstown.
Come along to learn and share stories about the Phillipstown murals and street art and connect with your neighbours.
The walk is perfect for the young, the old, those who have lived in Phillipstown for years, and our newest neighbours as well.
At the end of the walk, we will stop at the Phillipstown Community hub for a coffee or a juice while chatting about the walk and the street art in Phillipstown
The walk is about 2 km at a slow pace. If that's a possible issue, we recommend use of mobility aids.
In case of very bad weather conditions, the walk will be postponed to the following day, Sunday 6 November, same time.
To register your attendance, please use the form at the link: bit.ly...
Dear neighbours,
Every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of tested reader recipes using a seasonal crop. We are still on the hunt for amazing and inventive basil recipes! Send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz by Oct 21, 2022. Every published recipe wins a copy of our special edition … View moreDear neighbours,
Every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of tested reader recipes using a seasonal crop. We are still on the hunt for amazing and inventive basil recipes! Send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz by Oct 21, 2022. Every published recipe wins a copy of our special edition Vegetable Growing Made Easy.
PONANT are coming back for a second round of dates this November for their 'Explore to Inspire' Roadshow Series! And this time, they’ll be visiting three major cities in New Zealand – Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch!
Join PONANT’s fantastic team and guest speakers for an … View morePONANT are coming back for a second round of dates this November for their 'Explore to Inspire' Roadshow Series! And this time, they’ll be visiting three major cities in New Zealand – Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch!
Join PONANT’s fantastic team and guest speakers for an inside look at what could be your next adventure, marvellous travel stories and presentations, and a glass of champagne… or two!
Registration is essential! Register now
From reporter Lee Kenny:
A brand new preschool may never open because noise from a nearby road would be an “annoyance” to the children.
BestStart spent about $4 million on the land and building in Grey Way Rd, in Christchurch – which backs on to Yaldhurst Rd/State highway 73 – and a … View moreFrom reporter Lee Kenny:
A brand new preschool may never open because noise from a nearby road would be an “annoyance” to the children.
BestStart spent about $4 million on the land and building in Grey Way Rd, in Christchurch – which backs on to Yaldhurst Rd/State highway 73 – and a further $300,000 on equipment and fittings.
The firm submitted a licensing application to the Ministry of Education in October 2020, but it was declined over concerns about traffic noise, which at times exceeded 55 decibels.
The company then spent $250,000 following the ministry's guidance for remedial work, which included erecting a large canopy, adding acoustic panels to the exterior of the building and installing fencing with acoustic properties.
The noise was reduced from about 58 to 60 decibels to 56 or 57dB.
Under the ministry's licensing criteria for centre-based early childhood education services “all practicable steps (should be) taken to ensure noise levels do not unduly interfere with normal speech and/or communication, or cause any child attending distress or harm”.
BestStart hired two independent acoustic experts who said they had “taken all practicable steps to mitigate the noise” and it was at an acceptable level.
However, when the noise was measured against the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines, a public health expert said the levels were still unacceptable.
The ministry's letter said the noise “was an annoyance”, rather than a health risk, said Fiona Hughes, deputy chief executive at BestStart.
“We can’t lodge another licence application because it has to include a clear Health Report,” she said.
“I requested a meeting with the MoE, but they declined saying I’d need to submit an application. So it’s going around in circles with one agency pointing to the other.”
Ministry of Education spokesperson Nancy Bell, said the ministry declined an application on January 21, 2021 as it did not meet licensing requirements. They had not received another application since.
They advised BestStart Riccarton Park on September 2 they needed an updated general report from Te Whatu Ora Health NZ Waitaha, which would include a noise assessment, before they submitted a new application, Bell said.
“This is because it is now nearly two years since the original health report which may be now out of date.”
The preschool now sits empty. Staff have been hired and there was a waiting list of almost 50 children aged between 3 months to 5 years old.
BestStart has more than 260 early childhood centres across the country and Hughes said they have “never had a challenge over noise” despite having many centres on busy roads.
“We do quite a robust due diligence process to make sure there is a need in the community, so we were quite well aware that there was,” she said.
“We were quite confident that this would be a good service to offer to the community.”
The company will now decide what to do with the site.
“We are at a crossroad,” Hughes said.
“Either we don't spend any more money, we've already sunk millions. Or we invest some more money and go down a legal route, or we find an alternative use for the building.”
The 2022 sale will be held at the Addington Raceway Club House from Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th November from 9am to 6pm Thursday to Saturday and closing on Sunday at 2pm. (Half Price Sunday)
On Sale: Adults – Books – Fiction and Non-Fiction Prices $4.00 with some at $2.00. Some … View moreThe 2022 sale will be held at the Addington Raceway Club House from Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th November from 9am to 6pm Thursday to Saturday and closing on Sunday at 2pm. (Half Price Sunday)
On Sale: Adults – Books – Fiction and Non-Fiction Prices $4.00 with some at $2.00. Some “specials” at higher prices
Children’s Books – Prices $2.00 and $4.00 with some “Specials” at higher prices.
CDs $1 per copy, DvDs $1 per copy, Vinyl Records from $1.0
Jigsaws and Games from $2 to $10.00
All sale items are carefully sorted and displayed in various categories to make it easy for you to browse.
Payment: Eftpos and cash
Please put your donations into a bag and place in the bins at one of these convenient collection points between 15th October and 13th November
Halswell New World Z Moorhouse Avenue BP Sparks Rd
St Martins New World Z Addington Raceway BP Halswell
Wigram New World Z Barrington BP Redcliffs
Countdown Colombo St Z Curletts Rd Oderings Cashmere Rd
Fresh Choice Prebbleton Z Colombo Portstone Garden Centre
Challenge – Milton St
Z Shirley
Z Templeton Raeward Fresh – Tower Junction
Larger boxed donations can be dropped off at the old Millers building on the corner of Annex Road and Blenheim Road on Tuesdays Thursdays or Saturdays between 9am and 12 pm.
Further information at www.rotaryinfo.org.nz...
All profits to Community Services
For more information email info@rotaryinfo.org.nz
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Nourish the soil and the soil will nourish you! Healthy soil is at the very foundation of gardening success - and life itself - and this National Gardening Week Yates wants to help you grow good soil.
We’ve pulled together a bunch of ways to measure your soil health – how about planting a … View moreNourish the soil and the soil will nourish you! Healthy soil is at the very foundation of gardening success - and life itself - and this National Gardening Week Yates wants to help you grow good soil.
We’ve pulled together a bunch of ways to measure your soil health – how about planting a pair of undies to find out how healthy your soil is? Or try a quick “worm count” test, building a “compost jar” (great fun for kids) or do a food waste audit.
Plus we’ve easy to follow steps on how to turn your food scraps & garden waste into fabulous compost.
Sick of expensive veges from the supermarket? Purchase a subscription to the TV Guide for your chance to win 1 of 20 1-year seed subscriptions from Kings Seeds, worth $450. Delivered monthly to your home, what better way to go green and save money than growing your own food?
Purchase a 6 month, … View moreSick of expensive veges from the supermarket? Purchase a subscription to the TV Guide for your chance to win 1 of 20 1-year seed subscriptions from Kings Seeds, worth $450. Delivered monthly to your home, what better way to go green and save money than growing your own food?
Purchase a 6 month, 1 year, or 2 year subscription to the TV Guide before 31 October and you’ll automatically be placed in the draw to win. There are three different subscriptions to choose from to suit your needs; Vegetable seeds, Microgreen seeds, and Sprouting seeds. To view the T&Cs click here.
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Dear neighbours,
Every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of tested reader recipes using a seasonal crop. We are now on the hunt for nasturtium recipes! Send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz by Oct 16, 2022. Every published recipe wins a copy of our special edition Vegetable Growing Made… View moreDear neighbours,
Every month, NZ Gardener runs a series of tested reader recipes using a seasonal crop. We are now on the hunt for nasturtium recipes! Send your best ones to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz by Oct 16, 2022. Every published recipe wins a copy of our special edition Vegetable Growing Made Easy.
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