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Our Spring raffle has been drawn. The lucky winner of $50 worth of scratchies is Lisa Taylor of Masterton with ticket number Red Star 15F. Congratulations Lisa we hope you win big!
Thankyou to everyone who supported us by buying tickets and to all the supermarkets who allow us to sell tickets on … View moreOur Spring raffle has been drawn. The lucky winner of $50 worth of scratchies is Lisa Taylor of Masterton with ticket number Red Star 15F. Congratulations Lisa we hope you win big!
Thankyou to everyone who supported us by buying tickets and to all the supermarkets who allow us to sell tickets on their premises. We couldn’t do what we do without your support.
KittyCat Rehoming Wairarapa is a registered Charitable Trust CC54963. Our mission is the care, desexing, management and rehoming of community and abandoned cats in the Wairarapa area.
The finalists have been announced in the Wellington Hospitality awards and Wellingtonians are being invited to vote for their favourite place to dine out.
The finalists represent the top-notch dining establishments in the capital as voted by the hospitality industry.
The award winning seafood … View moreThe finalists have been announced in the Wellington Hospitality awards and Wellingtonians are being invited to vote for their favourite place to dine out.
The finalists represent the top-notch dining establishments in the capital as voted by the hospitality industry.
The award winning seafood restaurant Ortega is famed for its attention to detail in service and is appropriately nominated for best front of house team and outstanding Maitre D for co-owner Davey McDonald. It picks up a third nomination for its wine list.
Voting is open until Sunday, 25 October at 5.00pm and the winners will be revealed on Sunday, 1 November at Te Papa Tongarewa.
A Wellington City councillor is calling for a 2 kilometre fireworks exclusion zone near Wellington Zoo.
Last year, the death of an antelope at the zoo was attributed to stress from fireworks.
Wellington City councillor Fleur Fitzsimons said the proposed ban was a matter of safety and wellbeing for … View moreA Wellington City councillor is calling for a 2 kilometre fireworks exclusion zone near Wellington Zoo.
Last year, the death of an antelope at the zoo was attributed to stress from fireworks.
Wellington City councillor Fleur Fitzsimons said the proposed ban was a matter of safety and wellbeing for zoo animals.
Last November, Auckland councillors Cathy Casey and Fa’anana Efeso Collins presented to a parliamentary select committee asking for a ban on the private sale and use of fireworks.
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Just a heads up here:
I am pretty sure the advertised cans of tomatoes were included in some of the MSD food parcels.
May pay to check the batch lots if you still have some of these cans in the pantry/cupboard.
A bit of a toughie this week. Checking out the background might help you identify where this photo from the 1930s was taken.
Popular food label Value has issued a nationwide recall of specific batches of its canned chopped tomatoes, after it was discovered that stones may be present in the product.
Consumers are asked to check the batch number on the side of the can against the numbers provided below and return their … View morePopular food label Value has issued a nationwide recall of specific batches of its canned chopped tomatoes, after it was discovered that stones may be present in the product.
Consumers are asked to check the batch number on the side of the can against the numbers provided below and return their can/s to their retailer for a full refund.
What you need to know:
- Batch numbers SMS1 J213, TTA1 J214, TTA1 J215, and TTA1 J217 are affected by this recall.
- The product is sold in New World, Pak’n Save, Four Square, Gilmours, and Trents stores nationwide.
To get in contact with Foodstuffs Own Brands Ltd, call 0800 245 114. For more information on the recall, visit the New Zealand Food Safety website.
Hi Neighbours – join us on Saturday 17 October as we continue our season with a delightful triple-header.
We kick off with Josef Suk’s generously melodic serenade, which contains a capriciously dance-like second movement. Music Director Marc Taddei will, as ever, conduct our players through… View moreHi Neighbours – join us on Saturday 17 October as we continue our season with a delightful triple-header.
We kick off with Josef Suk’s generously melodic serenade, which contains a capriciously dance-like second movement. Music Director Marc Taddei will, as ever, conduct our players through the performance, which includes Prokofiev's brilliant first piano concerto.
The concerto is performed by internationally celebrated pianist and cherished Wellingtonian Jian Liu, before we round off the evening with Rachmaninoff's beautiful third and final symphony.
Tickets start from $40, and the concert will take place at 7:30pm at the Michael Fowler Centre.
Kirsten Mason
General Manager, Orchestra Wellington
Bring your chums along for an evening among the shelves of Hedleys Books as three of New Zealand’s best novelists chat about their latest works.
- Fantastic Fiction Wed 14th 7pm as part of Yarns in Barns.
Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick is an atmospheric thriller set on the rugged West … View moreBring your chums along for an evening among the shelves of Hedleys Books as three of New Zealand’s best novelists chat about their latest works.
- Fantastic Fiction Wed 14th 7pm as part of Yarns in Barns.
Carl Nixon's The Tally Stick is an atmospheric thriller set on the rugged West Coast.
Stephanie Parkyn's Josephine's Garden tells the story of a woman who is a budding young botanist – and Napoleon's wife – during the French Revolution.
Wellington-based author, Charity Norman's well-written thriller The Secret's of Strangers is unputdownable.
Come in and buy your ticket.
Greater Wellington has monitored kererū in the Kaitoke Regional Park for the last 17 years and the results are looking good. The number of kererū is soaring to an average of 107 birds, compared to an average of 71 last year.
The monitoring is separate from The Great Kererū Count which is a … View moreGreater Wellington has monitored kererū in the Kaitoke Regional Park for the last 17 years and the results are looking good. The number of kererū is soaring to an average of 107 birds, compared to an average of 71 last year.
The monitoring is separate from The Great Kererū Count which is a nationwide citizen science project run by Urban Wildlife Trust & Kererū Discovery.
Despite kererū’s rising numbers, they are still under threat by mustelids and rodents – especially now that it is breeding season.
We are excited to present the online copy of Homed for the 10th of October, available in today's Dominion Post Publication. In this edition we feature the beautiful property at 23 Rangihiroa Street, Waikanae, listed by Della Randall and the team at Della Realty. We hope you enjoy this new … View moreWe are excited to present the online copy of Homed for the 10th of October, available in today's Dominion Post Publication. In this edition we feature the beautiful property at 23 Rangihiroa Street, Waikanae, listed by Della Randall and the team at Della Realty. We hope you enjoy this new and improved compact version of Wellington's property section.
Stepping into QMC Junior School marks the start of a learning adventure that equips students for their future. QMC is an IB World School, and proud to offer unparalleled excellence in research-based teaching, learning and wellbeing programmes.
Our Junior students learn new skills, develop … View moreStepping into QMC Junior School marks the start of a learning adventure that equips students for their future. QMC is an IB World School, and proud to offer unparalleled excellence in research-based teaching, learning and wellbeing programmes.
Our Junior students learn new skills, develop confidence, aim for excellence, take risks, challenge and explore the world around them.
Every child enjoys access to a wide range of exhilarating cultural and sporting opportunities in a progressive, cosmopolitan, safe environment. We value diversity, and inclusivity – and are the school of choice for families from 54 countries worldwide.
Join us for Open Day, Years 4-6 to find out more and discover the difference a QM education will make to your child’s future.
Discover Years 4,5 and 6
Junior School Open Day
Wednesday 28 October
• 9am - 10.20am
• 5pm - 6.20pm
Places are limited. Book to avoid disappointment.
Assistance dog Bindi has made the world of difference to Wellington-based author Helen Fletcher, who suffers from multiple auto-immune disorders.
From picking up her keys and carrying her cane, to leading her to a chair when her vision blacks out and helping her up when she falls, the golden … View moreAssistance dog Bindi has made the world of difference to Wellington-based author Helen Fletcher, who suffers from multiple auto-immune disorders.
From picking up her keys and carrying her cane, to leading her to a chair when her vision blacks out and helping her up when she falls, the golden labrador is worth her weight in, well, gold.
Before she had Bindi to sleep heavily on her legs at night, she would get up and move around the house in response to hallucinations she’d suffered since she was a child.
During the Covid-19 lockdown earlier in the year, when Helen spent 12 weeks at home alone because immune-compromised, Bindi rescued Helen from a fall.
Hey Neighbourly folk, I am adding a new feature to Neighbourly every Friday. There are some amazing bird photographers in the region and I will be highlighting their best pictures.
This week's picture features my favourtite bird, the beautiful karearea (NZ Falcon). Simon Wooolf took the … View moreHey Neighbourly folk, I am adding a new feature to Neighbourly every Friday. There are some amazing bird photographers in the region and I will be highlighting their best pictures.
This week's picture features my favourtite bird, the beautiful karearea (NZ Falcon). Simon Wooolf took the picture at Wrights Hill, Karori, and wrote an interesting account of the observation.
It settled itself down on a wooden structure, preened itself, and then dosed off! Then the action started.
Three, or four Welcome Swallows decided to dive bomb the Falcon! Now in flight, and in dive mode, Falcon's are the worlds fastest birds. This bird was obviously stationary. Swallows and Swifts feature in the Top Ten Fastest Birds too. The Karearea is a threatened species in NZ. Predators are man, and while breeding cats, ferrets etc, and believe it or not hedgehogs! I have never seen other bird species attack a karearea!
Normally our falcons are fearless. I have had them land a metre away from me. If threatened, and especially in breeding season they are not just fearless, but are brave, and ruthless. Even we humans will depart the scene rapidly if attacked!
Incidentally once awake the karearea took the aerial attacks in its stride and was pretty non-plussed!
I'm pretty rapt with the series of shots I gained, as the swallows were attacking at over 150kph. There was contact made on a couple of occasions, however I wasn't quick enough to catch that part of the action, even with my camera set a1/4000 sec and with my trusty Sigma 150 - 600 lens.
If you get the opportunity to observe these wonderful Taonga of our New Bush, do so. I have never been disappointed!
Simon Woolf.
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