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936 days ago

Meal planning with Stuff’s Dinner Sorted

Stuff

Putting a tasty and nutritious meal in front of our families each night is important for many of us, but with work, school, and activities in the way, it can also become a stressful chore.

Dinner Sorted delivers a week's worth of delicious, satisfying recipes that should please the whole … View more
Putting a tasty and nutritious meal in front of our families each night is important for many of us, but with work, school, and activities in the way, it can also become a stressful chore.

Dinner Sorted delivers a week's worth of delicious, satisfying recipes that should please the whole family, sent to your inbox on Saturday mornings. As a bonus you'll also get our Weekend Baking collection, perfect for filling the baking tins, lunchboxes, or just that 4pm gap.

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937 days ago

Enjoy a Ryman village now

Making the move to a Ryman retirement village while you’re independent allows you to enjoy everything that’s on offer.

With assisted living, resthome, hospital and dementia care also onsite, if your partner needs care before you, knowing the village care centre is only a short stroll away … View more
Making the move to a Ryman retirement village while you’re independent allows you to enjoy everything that’s on offer.

With assisted living, resthome, hospital and dementia care also onsite, if your partner needs care before you, knowing the village care centre is only a short stroll away will help ease this transition.

Care options vary between villages.
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938 days ago

Eggs & bunny ears

The Team from Resene ColorShop Dunedin

Choose pretty patterned paper to make découpage eggs, then wrap them in bunny ear napkins to create a gorgeous table setting. Get creative with your Resene paint colours.
Find out how to create your own.

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938 days ago

Happy Easter

NumberWorks'nWords Dunedin

Happy, hoppy Easter to the whole family from the NumberWorks'nWords team.

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939 days ago

Orange Light Setting

NumberWorks'nWords Dunedin

Following this week's government announcement, all of New Zealand has moved to the Orange setting of the traffic light system. We are pleased to be able to continue offering our reputable and high quality English and maths tuition to all of our students in -centre!

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940 days ago

Scrabble Day

NumberWorks'nWords Dunedin

Each year on National Scrabble Day, April 13th recognises a game played around the world. Originally named Lexiko and then Criss-Cross Words, Alfred Mosher Butts eventually settled on the name Scrabble. The amateur artist and unemployed architect developed the word game in the midst of the … View moreEach year on National Scrabble Day, April 13th recognises a game played around the world. Originally named Lexiko and then Criss-Cross Words, Alfred Mosher Butts eventually settled on the name Scrabble. The amateur artist and unemployed architect developed the word game in the midst of the depression. Still, it wasn’t until 1948, a final name change and a trademark that Butts finally began to produce the game.

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941 days ago

Happy Easter 🐣

The Team from Red Cross Shop Dunedin

Wishing you all a safe and Happy Easter break.

We will be trading the following hours this holiday weekend:

Easter Friday-closed
Easter Saturday- open 10-3pm
Easter Sunday-closed
Easter Monday- closed

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941 days ago

Man builds railway line in his backyard, complete with 400kg jigger

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from Dunedin News

A Dunedin man has installed a 25-metre-long railway across his backyard, complete with a 400 kilogram jigger.

Jarrod Hodson installed the narrow-gauge railway across the backyard of his home, in the suburb of Ravensbourne, which overlooks the Otago Harbour and a busy railway line.

His railway … View more
A Dunedin man has installed a 25-metre-long railway across his backyard, complete with a 400 kilogram jigger.

Jarrod Hodson installed the narrow-gauge railway across the backyard of his home, in the suburb of Ravensbourne, which overlooks the Otago Harbour and a busy railway line.

His railway line includes Manapouri St Station – named after his street.

'’I’ve done some pretty crazy things in my life ... but this is how I roll to be honest,” Hodson said. Continue reading here.

941 days ago

Homophobic abuse from anti-vaccine mandaters doesn't stop bar's busiest week

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from Dunedin News

Dunedin business owners copped abuse and a flurry of fake one-star reviews for their decision to temporarily keep the vaccine pass system.

A week on from their decision, Woof! co-owners Josh Thomas and Dudley Benson have seen a record number of patrons.

Thomas and Benson said their bar and eatery… View more
Dunedin business owners copped abuse and a flurry of fake one-star reviews for their decision to temporarily keep the vaccine pass system.

A week on from their decision, Woof! co-owners Josh Thomas and Dudley Benson have seen a record number of patrons.

Thomas and Benson said their bar and eatery served a diverse community, most of whom were concerned with easing Covid-19 restrictions.

From April 4, amid declining Covid-19 cases overall, businesses like theirs no longer needed to see a vaccine pass before allowing people to dine-in.

In Dunedin, however, cases haven't been declining. After a survey of patrons, the co-owners decided they would keep the vaccine pass system for the time being, and would review it week to week.

The decision sparked the ire of online trolls, whose abuse became increasingly homophobic once news reached the United States, Benson wrote on Twitter.

“Many seemed threatened by my nail polish.”

In a separate tweet, Benson said of the 1232 groups the business had welcomed since April 4, only one person did not want to show a vaccine pass.

“They politely moved on,” he said.

The abuse continued online after Benson decided to contact the people leaving fake one-star reviews, “to hold them [to] account”.

Some commenters took issue with Benson contacting the people leaving fake reviews, even though the reviews lowered the bar's rank online, adding to the abuse.

Google has since removed several of the fake one-star reviews, including some five-star reviews supporters made to try and balance the reviews.

Thomas and Benson declined to speak to Stuff, but gave permission to use information they published on Twitter.

Meanwhile, case numbers in Otago and Southland had surpassed worst case predictions, according to modelling provided to the Southern District Health Board.

On Monday, there were 7847 active Covid-19 cases in the Southern region – the second-highest in the country by district health board area, behind Canterbury on 11,683.

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942 days ago

Most trusted NZ crypto exchange

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961 days ago

NZ Post & Courier Post ripping off customers

Michael from Saddle Hill Community

Just wrote to the ODT to create an awareness and hold to account those at the NZ Post & Courier Post responsible for repeatedly ripping us off:

ODT article submitted today 22.03.2022
I was expecting delivery of a $800 package and paid $40 for the sender to obtain a signature upon delivery … View more
Just wrote to the ODT to create an awareness and hold to account those at the NZ Post & Courier Post responsible for repeatedly ripping us off:

ODT article submitted today 22.03.2022
I was expecting delivery of a $800 package and paid $40 for the sender to obtain a signature upon delivery service. This was out of concern for repeated delivery failures by NZ post and NZ post delivering my packages at the wrong address 4 time in a row.

I would receive an email alert on the expected day thru the delivery updates alerts I activated and receive an alert that the package was delivered. When I check my mailbox within minutes, there would be no package waiting for me. I lodged a complaint immediately and only received one of those packages after the courier rectified the delivery the next day but still maintained it was delivered to the correct address. This happened as recently as last week the 15th of March where I was waiting at home for deliver and received the email alert the package that was delivered at 2.48pm. I checked the mailbox and there was nothing. I lodged a complaint immediately and the next morning it arrived.

I was expecting delivery of a $800 package and paid $40 for the sender to obtain a signature upon delivery service to avoid the incompetence received. I waited and again, only received the email alert that the package has arrived. I ran to the mailbox and found the 36cmX27cm box left at the door exposed to the rainy weather that morning, an $800 electronic device just left in the rain with clear instructions to obtain signature.! I was livid and lodged another complaint to NZ post immediately demanding a refund of the $40 I paid for obtaining the signature upon arrival.

Today I received the response from Service Delivery Manager for Dunedin & Surrounding Area Michelle Finigan stating:

Quote: “I wanted to update you on the investigation that I have been looking into regarding your item that was left under ATL. I have been informed that at the time of delivery there was no one hm to sign for this item.

You do have an authority to leave on your address in our system, which is why it was left without obtaining a signature. If you would no longer like the ATL you are able to go to our website and authorize this to be taken off our system.

I have spoken with the driver to ensure for any future deliveries the ATL is followed correctly which is item to be left at back door." unquote
My Rebuttal:
Firstly, the driver is blatantly lying about nobody being home. Of course, I was home since I paid $40 for the service to sign for it upon arrival! and now I am called a liar by the incompetent driver as well. This is just getting worse!

Today I received another "signature required" $90 package that was delivered without obtaining a signature. It was just left in the open view at the sliding door in full view of the sidewalk as the $800 package was left. Complaint lodged again.

In their response to serious complaint such as this NZ Post appears to adopt the attitude that the driver made no error despite evidence provided by the customer & witnesses that contradicts this. No refund for the undelivered service is mentioned despite customer demands for refund they are fully entitled to. This must stop immediately. If you had similar experiences as this, please notify ODT so that we as paying customers can hold these businesses to account. They are ripping off their customers daily.

943 days ago

Get good news with The Antidote newsletter

Stuff

The Antidote delivers your daily dose of good news each weekday afternoon, straight to your inbox.

Based on the Stuff column, the newsletter showcases five happy things from the news, for a much-needed dose of positivity to remind you that there's inspiration, kindness and quirkiness in the… View more
The Antidote delivers your daily dose of good news each weekday afternoon, straight to your inbox.

Based on the Stuff column, the newsletter showcases five happy things from the news, for a much-needed dose of positivity to remind you that there's inspiration, kindness and quirkiness in the world.
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944 days ago

Get an EPIC EASTER EXCLUSIVE DEAL!

NZ Compare

The NZ Compare Easter Bunny has been busy! He’s delivered some epic exclusive deals on broadband just in time for the holidays!

No chocolate in sight, these treats are better! How about unlimited broadband plans starting from $65/m with 6 months of FREE Neon and Amazon Prime with 2degrees or … View more
The NZ Compare Easter Bunny has been busy! He’s delivered some epic exclusive deals on broadband just in time for the holidays!

No chocolate in sight, these treats are better! How about unlimited broadband plans starting from $65/m with 6 months of FREE Neon and Amazon Prime with 2degrees or $85/m plus a HUGE $255 welcome credit with Now Broadband?

Exclusive to NZ Compare, you won’t get these deals anywhere else. Hop to it neighbours, before they go!

Our service is free, we’re Kiwis helping Kiwis compare what’s out there across power, broadband and money.
GET EPIC EASTER DEALS

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944 days ago

New Season Stock - out now!!!

The Team from Red Cross Shop Dunedin

We’ll keep you warm and stylish all winter long! Our stores are now stocked with awesome winter clothes. Get in quick so you’re ready for the cooler days!

By shopping with Red Cross, you not only help reduce the huge amount of items that goes to landfill every year, you also support the … View more
We’ll keep you warm and stylish all winter long! Our stores are now stocked with awesome winter clothes. Get in quick so you’re ready for the cooler days!

By shopping with Red Cross, you not only help reduce the huge amount of items that goes to landfill every year, you also support the great work Red Cross does in your community and even abroad.

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945 days ago

Nest eggs

The Team from Resene ColorShop Dunedin

Create a display of gorgeous handpainted eggs for your home this Easter. using shimmering colours from the Resene Metallics and Special Effects collection.
Find out how to create your own.

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