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It seems that every year, Featherston Booktown goes from strength to strength, and is surely making its mark along with its other international Booktown events in Europe, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and Australia.
Booktown celebrates books, storytelling and ideas, and the artefact and craft of … View moreIt seems that every year, Featherston Booktown goes from strength to strength, and is surely making its mark along with its other international Booktown events in Europe, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and Australia.
Booktown celebrates books, storytelling and ideas, and the artefact and craft of the book.
The word is getting out about this year’s rich line-up of events in our South Wairarapa town and already some events are sold out.
There’s so much to choose from – there's sure to be something to tempt you. How about a selection of horror stories told late at night, or learn how to write your family’s history, or even a session devoted to pets, our adored fur babies.
Kids can do some print and paper making, or turn a poem into prompt journal (8 years and older) with Emma Hinton. Carol Duffy has a free book reading where kids can make native bird stick puppets that are part of the story.
Tell your friends and make a date to head to a Booktown event and be educated, inspired and entertained.
Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival – 51 events, 89 presenters and literary top-liners, along with 25 booksellers.
Friday 12 to Sunday 14 May 2023.
Find out about the packed programme here. Book your tickets online or at Martinborough or Masterton i-SITEs.
Anna
Your roll of gold paper which you paid for many months ago is still here at my back door for you to pick up.
I hope you are well.
My contact number is 0211340144.
Im sorry but the thread we contacted on has dropped off the end of Neighbourly's records so I cant text you directly.
Both as new - used once. Lanza (left, 2.17kg) and IT Luggage (right, 1.85kg). Both are airline carry-on, with wheels and collapsible pull-along handles. $45 each. Pick up in Martinborough.
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
From the poem 'For the fallen' by Laurence Binyon
The Cancer Society has partnered with 9 skydive companies across Aotearoa to offer you a free skydive when you raise $1000.
You can sign up as an individual, or as team, such as a workplace. Regardless, each person must raise $1000 or more to qualify for a free jump.
When you sign up … View moreThe Cancer Society has partnered with 9 skydive companies across Aotearoa to offer you a free skydive when you raise $1000.
You can sign up as an individual, or as team, such as a workplace. Regardless, each person must raise $1000 or more to qualify for a free jump.
When you sign up you'll get to choose where you jump and which region you'd like your funds to go to - these don't have to be the same, they could be at opposite ends of the country.
If you don't know where you want to jump yet, that's absolutely fine. Your local Cancer Society team can talk you through your options and help you pick the jump site that's right for you.
Stop hesitating, go on, sign up now!
Okay, it is not Friday but this picture by Rosa Marie is too good not to use.
"Spotted this black backed gull with what looks like some fish (or is it orange peel?) in his mouth on a lamp post. I had seen him dived down in the middle of the main road and grab it and luckily had my camera on… View moreOkay, it is not Friday but this picture by Rosa Marie is too good not to use.
"Spotted this black backed gull with what looks like some fish (or is it orange peel?) in his mouth on a lamp post. I had seen him dived down in the middle of the main road and grab it and luckily had my camera on me to take a shot or two."
Don't go old-school this winter and just throw on another jersey to beat the cold. You deserve to be truly comfortable in a warm, dry home without stressing about power bills.
Warmer Kiwi Homes is a government grant that offers 80% of the cost of ceiling and underfloor insulation, and up to… View moreDon't go old-school this winter and just throw on another jersey to beat the cold. You deserve to be truly comfortable in a warm, dry home without stressing about power bills.
Warmer Kiwi Homes is a government grant that offers 80% of the cost of ceiling and underfloor insulation, and up to 80% off an energy-efficient heater, like a heat pump.
And you may get it even cheaper than that - lots of community organisations offer extra funding to reduce the cost further.
Check your eligibility, or check for your whānau, at www.warmerkiwihomes.govt.nz
This mat is in sound condition. It measures 220 by 160, quality cut pile and edges are bound.
Primary colour is red.
Depending on what you want to use it for it would be fine as is but a little freshen up would make it almost as new.
In the photo it looks wrinkled by I had just unrolled it and… View moreThis mat is in sound condition. It measures 220 by 160, quality cut pile and edges are bound.
Primary colour is red.
Depending on what you want to use it for it would be fine as is but a little freshen up would make it almost as new.
In the photo it looks wrinkled by I had just unrolled it and a vaccum or lying flat for a while will smooth it out.
It comes from a smoke free home and been in dry storage for a few years. Time to move it on.
Pickup is in Kuripuni.
Thanks for looking.
These two tyre tubes are taking up room. My teenage sons used them for floating down the river.
They are free if anyone would like them.
'Pickup is in Kuripuni.
Thanks for looking.
This thick durable flexible plastic I have kept thinking that it would be good for a garden edge between lawn and shingle driveway. The piece with the red stripe is what is laid on top of power cables to indicate there is cables underneath.
I've given up the idea of using it so if anyone … View moreThis thick durable flexible plastic I have kept thinking that it would be good for a garden edge between lawn and shingle driveway. The piece with the red stripe is what is laid on top of power cables to indicate there is cables underneath.
I've given up the idea of using it so if anyone has a use for it pickup is in Kuripuni.
Thanks for looking.
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Another wonderful image from Simon Woolf. It was taken on the Kāpiti Coast.
"This bird is believe it, or not, I believe is Black Tern! "The Black Tern is one of four marsh tern species found worldwide and the rarest in New Zealand, with one accepted sighting north of Wellington in … View moreAnother wonderful image from Simon Woolf. It was taken on the Kāpiti Coast.
"This bird is believe it, or not, I believe is Black Tern! "The Black Tern is one of four marsh tern species found worldwide and the rarest in New Zealand, with one accepted sighting north of Wellington in 2022. When breeding it is a small black tern with grey wings. It is pale in non-breeding plumage (as was the only local record).
Like the closely related white-winged black tern, the black tern can be found in a range of freshwater and estuarine habitats. The nominate form breeds in Eurasia, migrating to Africa to winter, while the North America subspecies migrates to Central and South America" We now have at least three birds in New Zealand, as I spotted three individual birds with the flock of White Fronted Terns. So rare in NZ. Very rapt, and a great find."
Last tin!
Whole jalapeño peppers stuffed with traditional Mexican cheese, called queso fresco, and covered in a spicy tomato puree.
Wrap in bacon and put on the BBQ!
Trusty Panasonic doesn't disappoint when it comes to personal video recorders. Whatever concerns you might have about their price or features, you know one thing: you're getting a solid, easy-to-use machine that will last you a long time.
The Panasonic DMR-XW380 is an interesting … View moreTrusty Panasonic doesn't disappoint when it comes to personal video recorders. Whatever concerns you might have about their price or features, you know one thing: you're getting a solid, easy-to-use machine that will last you a long time.
The Panasonic DMR-XW380 is an interesting proposition. It's a Freeview HD recorder that has a 250GB hard drive and DVD writer.
NOTE: I have had trouble lately tuning it into my TV channels.
Whether this is because of the machine or my TV signal.
I will refund you if you have trouble with it if need be.
A truck stuck got stuck a narrow Wellington road this week - and it is not the first big-wheeled victim of the capital’s tight thoroughfares.
Some Wellington streets are more likely than others to collect wedged buses and trucks, with one resident saying in 2016 that a stuck bus was a … View moreA truck stuck got stuck a narrow Wellington road this week - and it is not the first big-wheeled victim of the capital’s tight thoroughfares.
Some Wellington streets are more likely than others to collect wedged buses and trucks, with one resident saying in 2016 that a stuck bus was a six-monthly affair on one bend.
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