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1498 days ago

EarthDiverse Term 1 courses beginning the week of Monday 14 February 2022

todd from EarthDiverse

EarthDiverse is pleased to announce it's upcoming Term 1 courses beginning the week of Monday 14 February 2022:

• ENVIRONMENT & BIODIVERSITY: "ENV101:The Origins of Life," "ENV120: Understanding Global Climate Change" and "ENV210: Ecological Restoration: Wetlands"

• WORLD CINEMA: "FLM210: What's So Funny? Humour in World Cinema"

• HISTORY: "HIS103: A Hitchhikers Guide to the History of the Aotearoa New Zealand," "HIS209: Incas, Spaniards & Dictators: A Brief History of Argentina from Empire to Nationhood," "HIS320: The Historical Jesus"

• HEALTH & WELLBEING: "HWB240: 'Yes you can run fast!' Realising the potential of athletes with intellectual impairments"

• LANGUAGES: Arabic, Farsi/Persan, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Tamil, Thai, Urdu

• LINGUISTICS: "LIN201: Lets talk about words: A trans linguistics seminar on word anatomy, etymology and creativity"

• WORLD LITERATURE: "LIT215: Being Literate: Seven Books and One Poet," "LIT240: Banned Literature: Fiction that Frightens Governmentsʻ

• PHILOSOPHY: "PHL200: The Big Questions," "PHL210: Being Good: A History of Morality from Babylon to Bioethics," "PH310: Robots, Cloning, Artificial Life: The Ethics of Emerging Technologies"

RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY: "RD103: Contemporary Beliefs and Practices," "RD201: Religious Fundamentalism, Extremism and Terrorism, Part 1," "RD301: Understanding Judaism"

Please visit our website for more details on each of these courses.

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7 days ago

Poll: Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

As reported in the Post, there’s a $30 million funding gap in financial mentoring. This has led to services closing and mentors stepping in unpaid just to keep helping people in need 🪙💰🪙

One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.

So we want to hear what you think:
Should the government ask these industries to contribute?

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Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?
  • 59.5% Yes, supporting people is important!
    59.5% Complete
  • 26% No, individuals should take responsibility
    26% Complete
  • 14.4% ... It is complicated
    14.4% Complete
1156 votes
13 hours ago

Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

Make a hearty dish. Take just half a minute. Add four parts of kestrel. Then just add one. What have you made?

(Trev from Silverdale kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Trev!)

Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm on the day!

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6 days ago

Derelict Tokanui Hospital site in line for a clean-up

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Derelict Tokanui Hospital buildings will be demolished and contaminated land cleaned up so the site can be offered back to iwi.

The former psychiatric hospital, southeast of Te Awamutu, sits on land taken from Ngāti Maniapoto under the Public Works Act in 1910.

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