Karamu - Waipatu, Hastings

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2892 days ago

What will your house be worth in 12 months?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

How would houses in your neighbourhood fare in a housing boom? Or a housing crash?
Maybe you're looking to buy...what will happen to house prices in the suburbs you're looking at over the next year? It's easy to find out how a housing crash, steady rate, or growth scenario will … View more
How would houses in your neighbourhood fare in a housing boom? Or a housing crash?
Maybe you're looking to buy...what will happen to house prices in the suburbs you're looking at over the next year? It's easy to find out how a housing crash, steady rate, or growth scenario will change your home's value. Find out now using the House Value Calculator.
Check your house value

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2892 days ago

You have been warned

Marty Sharpe Reporter from The Hastings Mail

Police offer a few tips on how to avoid being burgled this holiday season

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2893 days ago

Drop, Cover, Hold in an earthquake

The Team from Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management

All of New Zealand is at risk of earthquakes, and lots of us travel to parts of the country where earthquakes are more common. Knowing the right action to take – Drop, Cover, Hold – and practising with your family, can save lives and prevent injury.
Everyone should know this - please share … View more
All of New Zealand is at risk of earthquakes, and lots of us travel to parts of the country where earthquakes are more common. Knowing the right action to take – Drop, Cover, Hold – and practising with your family, can save lives and prevent injury.
Everyone should know this - please share with your friends and family.

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2893 days ago

12 Days of Instant Wins...are you a winner?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

We love a bit of festive fun at Neighbourly which is why we're giving away Christmas gifts to our members - every day for 12 days! We have heaps of awesome prizes including The Warehouse gift cards, toy packs, gardening vouchers - and CASH! Want to see if you or one of your neighbours is a … View moreWe love a bit of festive fun at Neighbourly which is why we're giving away Christmas gifts to our members - every day for 12 days! We have heaps of awesome prizes including The Warehouse gift cards, toy packs, gardening vouchers - and CASH! Want to see if you or one of your neighbours is a winner? Just check the blog to see if there's a familiar name on Santa's list.

A special congratulations to yesterday's winner - Beni Alo from Wellington! He scored an AirNZ Mystery Break for two! Check out today's winners now. #hohoho
Check today's winner!

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2894 days ago

Supporting community projects

Cecily from Karamu - Waipatu

Hi everyone has anyone got a trailer they don't want tandem axle that is free or cheap for a men's group they would like to either donate or sell It is for a Mental Health service supporting people in the community to help learn more skills

Free

2894 days ago

Brand new Apple TV 4th Generation for sale

Julie Neighbourly Lead from Havelock North

www.trademe.co.nz...

I won this and tried it once. As brilliant as it is, we don't need it but could use the money (after moving costs) to cover Christmas.

Negotiable

2894 days ago

Neighbours Day Aotearoa Launch

The Team from Neighbours Aotearoa

Dates for Neighbours Day have been set! 25 & ­ 26 March 2017 is the weekend we're all working towards. Leading up to that weekend we'll be letting you know about some of the awesome events and activities happening near you, sharing stories, giving you a little inspiration around how … View moreDates for Neighbours Day have been set! 25 & ­ 26 March 2017 is the weekend we're all working towards. Leading up to that weekend we'll be letting you know about some of the awesome events and activities happening near you, sharing stories, giving you a little inspiration around how to get your neighbourhood revving to go for Neighbours Day, and for those of us who are a little shy, some helpful tips on how to get started.

Earlier this year we put it to the Neighbours Day community to vote on the best way to launch Neighbours Day 2017. The winning idea was is 'Make it a New Years Resolution', and so that is what we're rolling with. Make getting involved in Neighbours Day your New Year's Resolution.
If you or anyone else signs up for Neighbours Day 2017 between today and the 31st of January you go in a draw to win a $100 grocery voucher. We'll be making 3 draws, one in December, one in January and one in February.
We know there are some of you who are real champions of Neighbours Day Aotearoa, so for those that get the most people joining up we have a little incentive for you too. We've added a section in the join up page where people can mention how they heard about Neighbours Day. This is where all those awesome people you get to join up can pop your name. If you, or your organisation, come out on tops and have the most new members joining up then you will win a $100 grocery voucher as well!!! Whaaattt!! Now that will come in handy either for your awesome Neighbours Day event, or your friendly neighbourly bbq, or will pay for the TimTam's you bring when you have a cup of tea with your neighbours.
So make sure you share the love and spread the word.

For more info visit the links or email kiaora@neighboursday.org.nz

2894 days ago

No-one need to be alone on Christmas Day this year! Once again bringing back the Community Spirit to Havelock North/Hastings.

Carol Winters from Age Concern Havelock North

Christmas can be a very stressful time of year, and for those doing it tough, many are unable to provide their family with a special meal on Christmas Day. This year has certainly had its ups and downs, with enormous numbers of people affected by the water crisis leaving many out of pocket.

Age … View more
Christmas can be a very stressful time of year, and for those doing it tough, many are unable to provide their family with a special meal on Christmas Day. This year has certainly had its ups and downs, with enormous numbers of people affected by the water crisis leaving many out of pocket.

Age Concern Havelock North and Pure Catering are working together again to provide a Christmas Day Community Lunch free of charge for anyone in need. Last year we helped 120 and this year is shaping up to around 150 people.

We encourage the community to help us make Christmas brighter for those in need by donating to this worthy event. The lunch cannot be a success without the support of our community.

How can you help us?
 
We would greatly appreciate any donations to assist us in putting this event on. Donations can be made to the below bank account, through the give a little page or by contacting us directly .

Bank Account: Age Concern Havelock North –03 0658 0064609 003
Reference: Christmas Appeal or:
Visit our Give a Little page givealittle.co.nz...

Please contact us on 8776488 for further information. We will also be giving each child a present, further details will be available about the numbers closer to the time.  And FYI many thanks for people offering to volunteer but we have enough at this stage.

Thank you,
Carol and the team .

2895 days ago

Foot It campaign is getting results nationwide - how about in our neighbourhood?

Jonathan Milne Reporter from Sunday Star Times

It's going to be a beautiful morning pretty much everywhere in the country - so let's get as many kids and their families as possible out of their cars and walking/riding/scooting for this morning's school run. Tell us about it: what are you going to do; how does it work for you? How… View moreIt's going to be a beautiful morning pretty much everywhere in the country - so let's get as many kids and their families as possible out of their cars and walking/riding/scooting for this morning's school run. Tell us about it: what are you going to do; how does it work for you? How does it differ from your memories of footing it to school as a kid?

An important plank of our Foot It campaign this year has been to encourage councils to lower speed limits outside schools. Families and schools have been enthusiastic about our initiatives to make it easier for kids to get out of the car. And when we wrote to all New Zealand's mayors in February, they offered resounding support: many wrote back promising to do their best to lower speeds, but cautioning that their hands were tied by NZ Transport Agency rules that (extraordinarily) stood in the way of lower speed limits.

Now, the Government has stepped up too: Associate transport minister Craig Foss has announced new Speed Management Guidelines that will make it simpler for councils to lower speeds on the roads that are busiest with cyclists and pedestrians. Read more from this weekend's Sunday Star-Times: www.stuff.co.nz...

We welcome this. So last week, we wrote to the mayors again (many of whom are new to the roles after the local body elections) challenging them to commit to putting lower speed limits outside schools on their council agendas in the first half of 2017. The Sunday Star-Times and Stuff will report their responses, whether they be good or gutless.

It's not just about the Government and councils, though: it's about taking responsibility as communities and individuals. So take the initiative: bylaw or no bylaw, if enough of us voluntarily slow down as we drive past schools in our towns and neighbourhoods, that will slow other traffic and make our streets safer for our kids.

TODAY'S WEATHER: We've attached the MetService rain map for this morning. In short, it's a great day to walk, ride or scoot to school with your kids, anywhere in the country. But this afternoon, a pile of rain is going to land, splash, in the middle of the North Island and Hawke's Bay. Don't say you weren't warned ....

THE FOOT IT PLEDGE: We're all busy - but many of us can find ONE day a week when we can scoot or walk with our kids to school. So make the pledge! 
Join one of our Neighbourly Foot It clubs - the Monday Club, Tuesday Club, Wednesday Club, Thursday Club or Friday Club – and you'll go into the draw to win one of 50 Micro scooters, valued at up to $179.95 each. www.neighbourly.co.nz...

THE SUNDAY STAR-TIMES SAYS:
* Families: Choose one day a week when you walk, scoot or ride with your kids to and from school.
* Schools: Set up walking buses, with parents and volunteers helping local kids get to class safely.
* Councils: Create and enforce lower speed zones outside every school.

TELL US YOUR STORIES: What's the most memorable experience you or your kids have had while commuting to school? Share your story at Stuff Nation and go into the draw for 20 more Micro scooters. www.stuff.co.nz...

BE SAFE: Tips for a safe school run. www.microscooters.co.nz...

2896 days ago

Q for those who host overseas students

Jane from Mahora

How does one go about getting involved in this?
Ie who do I contact, if I wanted to offer my home as a possible option..

(Would they want someone who has pets, I wonder?)
Appreciate any insights you may have to offer!

2895 days ago

"Fantasias for Christmas" - a concert of seasonal music

Kate Hartland from Hastings Choral

Hastings Choral is joined by guest soloists for this concert of music and carols for the festive season. Sunday 4 December 2016 at 2pm; St Matthew's Church, King St, Hastings.
Tickets available on the door: $25, or $5 for school students.
The programme includes carol medleys for soloists … View more
Hastings Choral is joined by guest soloists for this concert of music and carols for the festive season. Sunday 4 December 2016 at 2pm; St Matthew's Church, King St, Hastings.
Tickets available on the door: $25, or $5 for school students.
The programme includes carol medleys for soloists and choir, plus favourite and less well known carols.
Rhonda Browne, renowned mezzo-soprano based in the UK, grew up in Hawke's Bay and sang at St Columba's and Havelock North High school as a child. Richard Harris is familiar to audiences locally and across the North Island - he remains involved in the choir at St John’s Cathedral, Napier.
Do join us!

2897 days ago

Free GP visits for under-18s at selected Hawke's Bay practices

Reporter The Hastings Mail

What do you think of this $580,000-a-year move by our DHB to extend free doctor visits to under-18s? Will it benefit your family?

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2896 days ago

Trailer With Cage For Sale

Simon from Raureka

Trailer For Sale With Cage
2.38M X 1.44 (7.8 x 4.72 foot)
Cage height 830mm
Current WOF until March 2017, Rego until October 2017
New bearing & light plug at last WOF
Rear tail door reconditioned at engineering firm cost $150
New number plate lamp
Recently painted
Jockey wheel
Tows … View more
Trailer For Sale With Cage
2.38M X 1.44 (7.8 x 4.72 foot)
Cage height 830mm
Current WOF until March 2017, Rego until October 2017
New bearing & light plug at last WOF
Rear tail door reconditioned at engineering firm cost $150
New number plate lamp
Recently painted
Jockey wheel
Tows well
$1200 firm

Price: $1,200

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2897 days ago

Wisteria plant wanted

Eileen from Raureka

Also looking for red bricks, fireplace type and small pavers, cheers

Free

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2901 days ago

Rimu and glass interior sliding doors

Marty from Havelock North

These doors were removed from a doorway 2120mm wide x 1980mm high. They come with steel runner at the top and the rimu facia boards to hide the runners. Glass all in good condition.

Price: $250

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