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1124 days ago

Which businesses or places are you hanging out to visit?

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

After restrictions ease on Tuesday at 11.59pm, retailers and some facilities - including zoos and museums - will be able to open their doors.

What's on your list to do once we're in step two of alert level 3?

Read more about the changes here.

1124 days ago

HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR GUT HEALTH

Naturally Healthy

The health of your gut plays a key role in your overall health and well-being.
Our gut breaks down food, processes it, draws out nutrients, sorts the useful from the waste, disperses to our vital organs and bloodstream, creates hormones, has a direct phone line to our brains, is home to billions … View more
The health of your gut plays a key role in your overall health and well-being.
Our gut breaks down food, processes it, draws out nutrients, sorts the useful from the waste, disperses to our vital organs and bloodstream, creates hormones, has a direct phone line to our brains, is home to billions of vital bacteria, produces feel-good serotonin, fuels our bodies, disposes of the waste. Oh, and it’s our second brain. Phew! It’s no wonder here at Supercharged Food we Love Your Gut.
Learn how to support your overall health by loving your gut.

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1124 days ago

Sagging sofa cushions – what’s the cause?

Robert Anderson from Curtain Clean Hamilton

“When selecting the fabric and style of a new lounge suite it is crucial to consider its future environment”

Picture this:
You purchased a brand-new couch this autumn. It has extra wide cushions on the seat. It’s sleek, it’s chic, it takes up one third of your lounge and most … View more
“When selecting the fabric and style of a new lounge suite it is crucial to consider its future environment”

Picture this:
You purchased a brand-new couch this autumn. It has extra wide cushions on the seat. It’s sleek, it’s chic, it takes up one third of your lounge and most importantly, you can melt into it on a Friday evening after work.

Fast forward to mid-spring. Sure, you passed all those cold winter’s nights watching movies with the family and you have spent more of the lockdown sitting down than you would like to admit, but now that it’s almost time to pop your bubble your brand-new couch is looking a little… dishevelled.

When selecting the fabric and style of a new lounge suite it is crucial to consider its future environment. To prevent your dream couch from becoming saggy and stretched on the seat cushion after prolonged use, or to remedy the situation, we’ve reached out to James Dunlop Textiles’ Auckland-based Upholstery Specialist, Robert Street, to provide insight into the problem and offer some solutions.

Why does the fabric on a newly upholstered sofa appear stretched and out of shape after only a few months of use?

There are several factors that could come into play here, let’s look at them one by one.

Firstly, it is rare for an upholstery fabric with a synthetic component to stretch as synthetic fibres are very stable. Natural fibres are generally stable but can ‘move’ over time depending on the weave. Twill weaves don’t move (think denim jeans) but basket weaves can move a little. Natural fibres such as cotton and linen can absorb the humidity in the air and ‘relax.’

However, all of James Dunlop Textile’s fabrics undergo the seam slippage test, which is performed as part of the fabric’s evaluation and quality testing process, where any possible issues like the weave stretching are highlighted. Any fabrics with seam slippage test failures are identified and resolved before we manufacture a product for our range.

What is Seam Slippage?
Seam slippage is the separation of yarns in a fabric, usually along a sewn seam or join. Generally, the yarns don’t actually break, they just pull apart leaving an unsightly gap along the fabric join.

So what could be the cause?

With this in mind – we can eliminate fabric stretch as the issue here and look at what the likely cause could be.


1. Foam
Good quality foam loses 5-7% of its loft within the first 3 months of use – this may be a contributing factor here. Some furniture manufacturers use a pre-crushed foam (the Gucci of foams) which prevents this loft loss – while being more expensive, it is worth it as you really do get what you pay for in furniture.

2. The Design
There are two main types of couch designs – cushion seat and fixed seat.

Cushion Seat: The sides of a cushion seat pull upwards, and therefore do not need extra fabric as the cushion flexes to allow the fabric cover to release into the compressed foam in the centre, where you sit.


Fixed Seat: A fixed seat requires an allowance of extra fabric in the back of the base cushion. This extra fabric moves forward, compensating for the foam compressing when you sit on the couch. Once you stand, the foam lofts again and if the extra fabric does not move back to the base of the cushion fast enough it will be trapped, causing a ‘puddled’ saggy look.


Keep reading: www.curtainclean.co.nz...

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1132 days ago

Lions Christmas Cakes

Susan from Tamahere

Thanking of Christmas - help your communities
Buy or feed forward a Christmas Cake to Salvation Army
Made by Goodman Fielder - to the famous Ernest Adams recipe
- $20 per cake

1124 days ago

Meet Alexandria Lindsay, our 2021 Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year finalist from Waitara

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

Alexandria Te Ripeka "Pearl" Lindsay (Te Āti Awa o Taranaki) started gardening to grow her own food -- and now she's growing food for her community too.

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1125 days ago

Grab your Free Aircon Quote from your local experts today!

Heathcotes

Say goodbye to chilly nights and hello to warmer weather!

Beat the summer rush and grab a Free Air Conditioning quote from the experts today. Heathcotes have 40 years’ experience servicing and installing Air Conditioners with all the top brands – Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Panasonic & more.
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Say goodbye to chilly nights and hello to warmer weather!

Beat the summer rush and grab a Free Air Conditioning quote from the experts today. Heathcotes have 40 years’ experience servicing and installing Air Conditioners with all the top brands – Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, Panasonic & more.

Submit your quote request here or give our Air Con team a call on 07 839 5443.

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1125 days ago

Christmas Gift Wrapping... looking for volunteers...

Heather Moore from Volunteering Waikato

Could this be the most fun you can have with a role of cellotape? Maybe... Volunteer this December as a Gift Wrapper (level two allowing) and help us raise funds to support our community, and have some festive fun! All funds raised go to help Volunteering Waikato provide our services to the … View moreCould this be the most fun you can have with a role of cellotape? Maybe... Volunteer this December as a Gift Wrapper (level two allowing) and help us raise funds to support our community, and have some festive fun! All funds raised go to help Volunteering Waikato provide our services to the community...

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1125 days ago

Bedroom fire's cause not yet known

The Team Reporter from Hamilton Press

Firefighters spent about two hours at a blaze in a Hamilton East unit on Sunday.

The fire in the single-storey flat started in the bedroom, Fire and Emergency NZ said, but it's not clear why.

Read more here.

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1125 days ago

Moving House?

Devan from Smart Express Hamilton

Make moving easy with Smart Express. We offer a wide range of services to suit every move. www.smartexpress.co.nz...

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1125 days ago

Meet our first finalist for the 2021 Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

Get to know Darfield gardener Bronwyn Adams-Hooper, who runs a horticulture programme for the 18- to 21-year-olds serving time in the youth unit at Christchurch Men’s Prison. With her help, they've been growing veges that win awards at their local A&P show.

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1126 days ago

Meet Caitlin, a mechanical engineering apprentice and racing enthusiast.

Competenz

Caitlin chose a career path that works with her passion for building stock cars.
Find a job you actually like - this is your sign to embrace the fluro!

Click here for more info.

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1126 days ago

I after a multi tool with the wood cutting blades

Greg from Silverdale

If you can help that would be awesome
021461912 thank you

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1141 days ago

BE A MATE.......VACCINATE!!!!

Dianne from Hamilton East

C'mon people, its our chance to put Hamilton well and truly on the map!
Lets get our whanau, friends and anyone else you know to get along and vaccinate.....Fairfield pharmacy are just the most wonderful people who are open and ready for you, if you are nervous and anxious, ask for Katy, she … View more
C'mon people, its our chance to put Hamilton well and truly on the map!
Lets get our whanau, friends and anyone else you know to get along and vaccinate.....Fairfield pharmacy are just the most wonderful people who are open and ready for you, if you are nervous and anxious, ask for Katy, she will allay all your fears, and answer any queries/concerns you have, please, please do it for yourself, do it for others, do it for New Zealand!
P.S., I have had cancer, so am immunodeficient (not that I remember most of the time, lol) and I got the jab, and had no reaction/s whatsoever, so dont wait, vaccinate today!!
Kia pai te ra!!

1127 days ago

Join us online for your Community Health Forum

Waikato District Health Board

Kia ora neighbours, due to COVID-19 alert level restrictions at this time we're going online and would like you to join us.

We at Waikato DHB want more of you to have a say in health.

We have a focus on enabling better access to local community health and wellbeing.

Come along and … View more
Kia ora neighbours, due to COVID-19 alert level restrictions at this time we're going online and would like you to join us.

We at Waikato DHB want more of you to have a say in health.

We have a focus on enabling better access to local community health and wellbeing.

Come along and share your knowledge and experience as we work together on this.

On the agenda:
 COVID-19 update
 Transport update
 Local wellbeing initiatives and more

Hamilton and surrounds

When: Tuesday 2 November 2021, 10-11am
If interested please email: norma.taute@waikatodhb.health.nz for a link to the
meeting
Community Health Forums are a gathering of local people who share in a conversation about what matters to their community and hear what’s happening from the DHB and other local organisations/groups. 

We look forward to meeting you online. He whakarongo tātou – we’re here to listen
Find out more

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1127 days ago

JetBoost ShowerHead- New, same as in ad on Facebook Look it up

Arnie from Hamilton East

JetBoost ShowerHead + Shower hose + Holder - Brand new
$65 includes free contactless delivery in Hamilton. 02102390325

Negotiable

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