1174 days ago

LOCAL, BOLD, STROLLABLE: Fringe in the 'Stings - The Hastings Fringe Festival

Waitawhara from Havelock North

Posting on behalf of the Hastings Fringe Festival - Please share with your whānau and friends

On the 1st, 2nd, 8th and 9th of October, Fringe in the ‘Stings will kick off, bringing the community around the visual and performing arts in Heretaunga and wider Hastings. Moving onto our sixth year, Fringe in the ‘Stings has become a growing grassroots movement and safe space for emerging and seasoned artists across the bay.

We pride ourselves on sourcing local and out-of-town talent to showcase to our public. We are a boldly diverse, strollable and accessible festival. We’re about incubating talent by providing space for artists to participate, learn and grow; many of our artists eventually move on from Fringe to other festivals and platforms.

We have something for everyone, from family and kid shows during the day and hilarious, dramatic, provoking shows under the cover of darkness.

Enjoy the night life of Heretaunga, watch a show, have something to eat and drink and be part of the madness and awesomeness that is the Hastings Fringe!

Tickets available on www.fringeinthestings.co.nz... from the end of August. Programme release by September.

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2 hours ago

Neighbourly challenge: Who can solve the daily riddle?

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I have a crown but am not a king.
I'm prickly on the outside but sweet within.
What am I?

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1 day ago

Poll: Is dumping an issue in your neighbourhood?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

There's nothing worse than strolling around the streets in your neighbourhood and seeing dumped rubbish.

Have you noticed this in your area? What could we do to combat this around the country?

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Is dumping an issue in your neighbourhood?
  • 43.3% Yes, I've seen some illegal dumping
    43.3% Complete
  • 56.1% No, our neighbourhood is pretty good
    56.1% Complete
  • 0.6% Other - I'll share below
    0.6% Complete
832 votes
1 day ago

New World Havelock North car park

Julie Neighbourly Lead from Havelock North

Sitting in my work van, in the new New World carpark and I’ve been getting dirty looks. I get it. My van is halfway into the driving area. Literally. If you look, even from a distance, you’ll see my back end is almost hard against the fence, with my towball around the corner of the fence.
My work van is over 6m long and the car parks are only about 4.5m. The only spaces I can park out of the way are the nearest and the furthest corners from the door. And that still means parking across another carpark. Today, both those parks were taken.
Now, before you point out that I shouldn’t bring such a big vehicle to the supermarket, 1) why not? Everyone needs to shop; and 2) I drive a retirement village resident passenger van. And they have as much right to shop as anyone.
Okay, so park in the mobility parks. Nope. I don’t have a Mobility decal or placard. And, those parks are the same length as all the others.
So, if you want to get me to stop blocking the way, do the supermarket survey on your receipts and ask for one way driving around the carpark (clockwise is the most logical and safest) and oversized parks. Almost every other supermarket has them. Vehicles are getting bigger, parks aren’t.