NZ Red Cross Street Appeal 2021
From the 15th to the 21st of March NZ Red Cross is holding our annual street appeal throughout New Zealand. On Friday the 19th and Saturday the 20th of March we will be hitting the streets of Hamilton to ask you to dig deep and help to support the vulnerable in your community.
We have had a number of awesome volunteers come forward to collect but we have a couple of last minute sites we are keen to fill if you can give us two hours of your time.
If you are available for any of these shifts please either email amber.mcarthur@redcross.org.nz or call 027 236 0559.
Friday 19 March
* Bunnings Te Rapa- 4 to 6pm
* Countdown Dinsdale - 2 to 4 pm, 4 to 6pm
* Countdown Hamilton Central - 12 to 2pm, 4 to 6pm
* Count Down Te Rapa - 9 to 11am, 1 to 3pm, 3 to 5pm, 5 to 7pm
* Countdown Rototuna - 12 to 2pm, 4 to 6pm
* New World Te Rapa - 9 to 11am, 11am to 1pm, 1 to 3pm, 3 to 5pm, 5 to 7pm
Saturday 20 March
* Countdown Dinsdale - 10am to 12noon
* Countdown Hamilton Central - 12noon - 2pm
* Countdown Te Rapa - 9am to 11am, 1pm to 3pm
Poll: Does the building consent process need to change?
We definitely need homes that are fit to live in but there are often frustrations when it comes to getting consent to modify your own home.
Do you think changes need made to the current process for building consent? Share your thoughts below.
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the Conversations column of your local paper.
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91.7% Yes
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8% No
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0.3% Other - I'll share below!
Say goodbye to tyre waste
About 40% of the 6.5 million tyres Kiwis use every year are recycled, repurposed, or used as tyre-derived fuel. But the rest end up in landfills, stockpiled or dumped.
The good news is now there’s an easy solution to all that tyre waste. It’s called Tyrewise and is New Zealand’s first national tyre recycling scheme.
Tyrewise ensures that tyres in Aotearoa New Zealand are recycled or repurposed properly, saving millions from going to the landfill.
Find out more about the scheme online.
What's your favourite piece of Waikato history?
Car parks inspired a milking shed design that took off around the world and became a piece of Waikato District history.
A hundred-year-old church and gravestones from the 1880s will also feature as the district turns the spotlight on its past for its first Heritage Day on April 20.