Horsham Downs, Hamilton

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Do you have any festive tips your community needs to know about? Post them here!

2018 days ago

Thanks for Supporting Local New Zealand!

Support Local from Neighbourly Nz

Over 450 New Zealand businesses have now downloaded Support Local Shop Local posters, stickers and signs! Have you spotted one in your neighbourhood yet?

If you're a small business owner, make sure you help tell your local story by checking out the brilliant toolkits at support-local.nzView more
Over 450 New Zealand businesses have now downloaded Support Local Shop Local posters, stickers and signs! Have you spotted one in your neighbourhood yet?

If you're a small business owner, make sure you help tell your local story by checking out the brilliant toolkits at support-local.nz created by our mates at Stanley Street (they're local too!)
Find out more

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2034 days ago

Ratepayers to Fund Minimum Wage for Contractors

Geoff from Rototuna North

www.stuff.co.nz...
Hamilton City Council is to extend the minimum wage of $20 per hour to all staff employed by the organisation’s contractors. The cost is unknown but the best guess is between $258,000 to $859,000 per year to be funded through rates or through debt.
www.legislation.govt.nz...

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Hamilton City Council is to extend the minimum wage of $20 per hour to all staff employed by the organisation’s contractors. The cost is unknown but the best guess is between $258,000 to $859,000 per year to be funded through rates or through debt.
www.legislation.govt.nz...

Section 10 of Local Government Act details the purpose of local government is—
• to enable democratic local decision-making and action by, and on behalf of, communities; and
• to meet the current and future needs of communities for good-quality local infrastructure, local public services, and performance of regulatory functions in a way that is most cost-effective for households and businesses.
How is the living wage (above the Government’s) most cost effective for households and businesses?
and
How is it on behalf of communities?
Good-quality, of the performance of regulatory functions, means infrastructure, services, and performance that are—
• efficient;
• effective; and
• appropriate to present and anticipated future circumstances.
How is the living wage to contractors efficient, effective and appropriate for the ratepayer particularly in these austere and worrying times?
Those who voted for this lose sight of representative responsibility and fail to represent the residents and ratepayers who took the effort to vote and in fact all of Hamilton residents.
Some contractors do not contact solely to Council, their employees also work at other locations for other contracts.
How is this to be policed?
Oh that’s right it is only other people’s money – watch out for the spend-up on ‘nice to haves’ during the annual plan.
Buckle up it is going to be a rough ride, particularly in these austere and worrying times.

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2020 days ago

Bokashi buckets x 2 1 1/2 kg of compost-zing

Jenny from Flagstaff

Bokashi buckets suitable for food scraps. No smel,l once preserved can be added to compost or dug into garden.

Price: $20

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2020 days ago

Antique Oval Table

Jenny from Flagstaff

Oval table 900mm x 600mm. Top hinges to stand upright and save storage space.Needs work done on it.

Negotiable

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2020 days ago

Air Pruners

Jenny from Horsham Downs

Suitablefor pruning fruit trees or vines (kiwifruit, Grapes etc). in excellent condition. 1 handpiece of Italian manufacture (Campagnola), fitted with safety device to stop accidental use. C/W 15 meters of flexible hose. Will prune up to 25mm Diameter.

Price: $50

2020 days ago

How to create a happy and healthy home for less

The Warehouse

Did you know a government and industry study found the condition of as many as one in two New Zealand homes assessed wasn’t as healthy as it should be?

That has a big impact on our health, but despite the obstacles we face, there are lots of simple ways to make your place warmer and drier, … View more
Did you know a government and industry study found the condition of as many as one in two New Zealand homes assessed wasn’t as healthy as it should be?

That has a big impact on our health, but despite the obstacles we face, there are lots of simple ways to make your place warmer and drier, more comfortable and easier to heat.
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2020 days ago

Next issue of Get Growing ezine - coming soon!

Reporter NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Hi everyone, the next issue of Get Growing will be released early next week, so keep your eyes peeled! In the meantime you can read all previous editions here, so dig in and enjoy!

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2021 days ago

Creative ideas for using wallpaper

The Team from Resene ColorShop Te Rapa

Use colourful wallpaper to update a tired old piece of furniture easily!

Make the most of this weekend with this easy project idea from Resene. Find out how to create this quick and easy project yourself

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2021 days ago

Looking for a local handyman?

Shane from Saint Andrews

I'm now living in St Andrews area I fix and build fences and other things. Just give me a text on 021 436-889.

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2021 days ago

Free Xero Accounting Live Webinar Training

Abdullah from Huntington

Free Xero Accounting Live Webinar Training.

Only 50 seats are available. Sign up to reserve your seat now. ahaccounting.co.nz...

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2022 days ago

This week's latest Blueprint

Hamilton Harcourts

View Hamilton Harcourts' latest interactive Blueprint.

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2023 days ago

Our centres are fully operational.

NumberWorks'nWords Hamilton Rototuna

It’s an exciting time for the kids re-entering the classroom, socialising with friends and getting reacquainted with the teachers.
If you’re a little unsure about how the isolation period may have affected your child’s learning journey, we are here to help.
Our tutoring program is well … View more
It’s an exciting time for the kids re-entering the classroom, socialising with friends and getting reacquainted with the teachers.
If you’re a little unsure about how the isolation period may have affected your child’s learning journey, we are here to help.
Our tutoring program is well positioned to meet the needs of your 5 - 16 year old one question at a time so it's not overwhelming.
We offer catch up, extension and exam prep programs.

Give us a call today to have a chat with one of our experts.

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2024 days ago

House and garden magazines - FREE

Marlene from Queenwood

Older Home and Garden and other magazines - FREE. From smokefree home. Pick-up Harrowfield. Please only make contact if serious about prompt collection.

Free

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2025 days ago

Special Offer

Sarah from

Hi everyone
You may or may not have received one of my flyers below - if you haven’t - you are most welcome to use it. They are valid until 30 June 2020 - one per person 😁
I have a few spaces left this coming week. Looking forward to meeting you.
Three new treatments coming in July:
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Hi everyone
You may or may not have received one of my flyers below - if you haven’t - you are most welcome to use it. They are valid until 30 June 2020 - one per person 😁
I have a few spaces left this coming week. Looking forward to meeting you.
Three new treatments coming in July:
Derma Needling
Derma Planing
Lash lift
Eftpos and Genoapay available.
Find us on FB Skin Sense Beauty Therapy or visit www.skinsensebeautytherapy.co.nz...
Sarah

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2025 days ago

Paint it Green with Resene this June!

Resene

Simply visit your local Resene owned ColorShop, choose your favourite green testpots and for each one you buy Resene will donate $1 to the New Zealand Trees That Count programme.

Offer applies to all Resene green 60ml testpots (excludes metallic and wood stains) purchased by retail customers … View more
Simply visit your local Resene owned ColorShop, choose your favourite green testpots and for each one you buy Resene will donate $1 to the New Zealand Trees That Count programme.

Offer applies to all Resene green 60ml testpots (excludes metallic and wood stains) purchased by retail customers between 1-30 June 2020 at Resene owned ColorShops.

Trees That Count are an environmental charity on a mission to plant millions more native trees throughout New Zealand. Trees That Count runs the country’s only marketplace which provides a place for anyone to fund or gift native trees. This support is matched with planters throughout the country who are restoring, and growing, precious wildlife corridors or pockets of native forest, turning small projects into mighty ones.
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