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Did your mum transform rainy days into hot chocolate and bad moods into giggles?
Show you care, whether she’s with you or far away.
Enter our Mother’s Day competition before 6 May 2020 for a chance to win!
Too many memories to choose from? Here’s our team with some inspiration.
Follow this … View moreDid your mum transform rainy days into hot chocolate and bad moods into giggles?
Show you care, whether she’s with you or far away.
Enter our Mother’s Day competition before 6 May 2020 for a chance to win!
Too many memories to choose from? Here’s our team with some inspiration.
Follow this link to enter our competition.
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Do you want to be healthy for life? Join us this Saturday 9am on TVNZ 1.
Hosted by Bernice Mene, Healthy for Life is designed to help over 65 year olds work on their strength and balance through an exercise programme called the Super7.
All done from the comfort of your bubble, this show … View moreDo you want to be healthy for life? Join us this Saturday 9am on TVNZ 1.
Hosted by Bernice Mene, Healthy for Life is designed to help over 65 year olds work on their strength and balance through an exercise programme called the Super7.
All done from the comfort of your bubble, this show provides great tips for staying safe in the home, keeping your brain active, how to keep up your social links and friendships and advice about healthy eating and sleep during this time.
Healthy for Life is available on TVNZ OnDemand, or screens this Saturday at 9AM on TVNZ 1.
Find out more at Live Stronger for Longer.
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The new SuperSeniors e-Newsletter is available on our website NOW! This e-Newsletter includes the additional guidance for what seniors can do during Alert Level 3 and information from the Student Volunteer Army and Age Concern about the services they are offering.
It also has … View moreHi Neighbours!
The new SuperSeniors e-Newsletter is available on our website NOW! This e-Newsletter includes the additional guidance for what seniors can do during Alert Level 3 and information from the Student Volunteer Army and Age Concern about the services they are offering.
It also has the details on the Winter Energy Payment that starts again today!
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To get our Newsletter emailed to you, if you receive the NZ Super or Veteran’s Pension, update your email in MyMSD here: my.msd.govt.nz...
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The iwi and police checkpoints are continuing in Tai Tokerau under coronavirus alert level three. On Tuesday, about one in 10 drivers pulled over were turned around just before Kawakawa because they did not have a legitimate reason for travel. What do you think: Are motorists flouting the rules? … View moreThe iwi and police checkpoints are continuing in Tai Tokerau under coronavirus alert level three. On Tuesday, about one in 10 drivers pulled over were turned around just before Kawakawa because they did not have a legitimate reason for travel. What do you think: Are motorists flouting the rules? Should they be turned around?
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⭐️ Congratulations to our $50 Prezzy Card winner, Christine ⭐️
We were overwhelmed by the responses and look forward to making the necessary changes to improve our website experience.
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Early childhood centres and schools in Northland are ready to have pupils - in small numbers - again but most children are staying at home. How are your children (or grandchildren) coping in the lockdown? What do they miss most? And who is helping them? Do they have teachers like the fabulous … View moreEarly childhood centres and schools in Northland are ready to have pupils - in small numbers - again but most children are staying at home. How are your children (or grandchildren) coping in the lockdown? What do they miss most? And who is helping them? Do they have teachers like the fabulous Mairtown Kindergarten teacher Anne Bawden who dresses up to read stories?
The iwi and police checkpoints are continuing in Tai Tokerau under coronavirus alert level three. On Tuesday, about one in 10 drivers pulled over were turned around just before Kawakawa because they did not have a legitimate reason for travel. What do you think: Are motorists flouting the rules? … View moreThe iwi and police checkpoints are continuing in Tai Tokerau under coronavirus alert level three. On Tuesday, about one in 10 drivers pulled over were turned around just before Kawakawa because they did not have a legitimate reason for travel. What do you think: Are motorists flouting the rules? Should they be turned around?
Early childhood centres and schools in Northland are ready to have pupils - in small numbers - again but most children are staying at home. How are your children (or grandchildren) coping in the lockdown? What do they miss most? And who is helping them? Do they have teachers like the fabulous … View moreEarly childhood centres and schools in Northland are ready to have pupils - in small numbers - again but most children are staying at home. How are your children (or grandchildren) coping in the lockdown? What do they miss most? And who is helping them? Do they have teachers like the fabulous Mairtown Kindergarten teacher Anne Bawden who dresses up to read stories?
Northland, you’ll be off and racing with 2degrees speedy new Rural Broadband, and we want you to take it for a Test Drive on us, no strings attached. You’ll even get a free modem to trial.
If you stick around we’ll sweeten things up with a $200 joining credit on our 170GB … View moreNorthland, you’ll be off and racing with 2degrees speedy new Rural Broadband, and we want you to take it for a Test Drive on us, no strings attached. You’ll even get a free modem to trial.
If you stick around we’ll sweeten things up with a $200 joining credit on our 170GB Rural Broadband Plans for your home or business. Just $85/month incl GST on a 12 month term.
Give our NZ based team a call on 0800 022 202.
I don't know how others feel about the terrible service offered by out Government Departments but I am heartily sick and tired of trying to access the information 'on our website' for Real Me, My IRD, and My MSD. It amounts to a Government not interested in providing a service. The … View moreI don't know how others feel about the terrible service offered by out Government Departments but I am heartily sick and tired of trying to access the information 'on our website' for Real Me, My IRD, and My MSD. It amounts to a Government not interested in providing a service. The systems they have set up are ridiculously difficult to access and heaven help anyone taking more than two tries to log in. They will cite security reasons but really it is merely a farce = they would be much better off hiring more staff! Oh the joy when one eventually manages to speak to a real person! I am sick to death of it. I finally sorted out Real Me recently by waiting to speak to a 'real person'on thee phone the next day! No business could run this way, they would lose customers! It is time some data expert looked into the two strikes and your out for 15 mins at the very least. Now I have been shut out from My IRD in attempting to make a claim for donations! Couldn't even access through Real Me so where is the service? My rant for the day.
Yamaha has donated a new outboard to R. Tucker Thompson after the youth sailing adventure trust was robbed in coronavirus level four lockdown. What do you think of the donation to - and the theft of - this important Northland charity?
The death of a baby in Whangārei is not being treated as suspicious. The 5-month-old was found unre…
I'm looking for a small culvert pipe to put under metal soon to be laid in a gateway - cannot afford much and only has to be about 12'-13'long and smallish diameter. Hikurangi area preferably but will look at further afield.
As New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, crews are undertaking more work on the Northpower electricity network to ensure the lights stay on and to minimise the risk of any unplanned outages in the lead up to winter.
Crews are strictly following Covid-19 controls and safety remains a number one … View moreAs New Zealand is now at Alert Level 3, crews are undertaking more work on the Northpower electricity network to ensure the lights stay on and to minimise the risk of any unplanned outages in the lead up to winter.
Crews are strictly following Covid-19 controls and safety remains a number one priority so if you come across Northpower crews working, please stay clear as they are safely inside their work bubbles.
Many Northpower staff are still working remotely from their homes and while Northpower’s offices and depots remain closed to visitors, staff are ready to help. In the event of a power outage in the Whangarei and Kaipara Districts please contact 0800 10 40 40. For other queries call the Northpower Customer Services Team on 0800 667 847.
We are pleased to announce that after five quiet weeks the Quarry Arts Centre is re-occupied by staff and working studio artists, as of today. We have reopened in accordance with Alert Level-3 restrictions. Those that come onsite only do so if and when it is necessary to carry-out their work or … View moreWe are pleased to announce that after five quiet weeks the Quarry Arts Centre is re-occupied by staff and working studio artists, as of today. We have reopened in accordance with Alert Level-3 restrictions. Those that come onsite only do so if and when it is necessary to carry-out their work or business and only when government health guidelines can be properly followed.
As of today, we are able to take orders for ceramics supplies, for delivery or contactless pick-up from the carpark, provided the order and payment can be made in-advance. Also, ceramic works that need firing in our kiln can be dropped-off and collected by arrangement. We certainly hope this offers some relief to our community.
Please email admin@quarryarts.org with any enquiries and we will provide assistance.
It is especially pleasing to invite our resident artists to return to use their studios.
For professional artists this is a particularly challenging time. For many artists, their source of livelihood has disappeared, and their prospects are unclear. The Quarry Arts Centre team will continue working with our arts community to find ways to maintain a healthy flow of inspiration and exchange through uncertain times.
To our wider community of artists and enthusiasts, we invite you to reach out to each other and to us, so that we all have the greatest opportunity to reinvent what we create together. In times of crisis like these we are all called upon to make positive changes to how we get things done, as a community.
Unfortunately, we are not yet able to open to the public for casual visits and our ongoing schedule of workshops and exhibitions is still on-hold.
The annual Great Plate event will be going ahead! We’re working to keep it on schedule, in July, and we will keep you all updated. The Great Plate is an important fundraising event on the Quarry Arts Centre calendar with much ado and a great amount of fun had by all. We are so very grateful to our generous community of artists and supporters; ‘throwing’ or sculpting plates, painting, embellishing and donating them for a high-stakes online auction. This year’s event will be especially meaningful in these interesting times.
Thank you all for your ongoing interest in this arts community. Stay in touch.
Nga mihi
Quarry Arts Team
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