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Neighbours! This. Is. Not. A. Drill! Northland, you’ve got less than 24 hours to get your Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year nominations in.
Who will it be?
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We are looking for subcontractors with their own company|, van and tools and the ability to be reliable and self-managed.
The work involves:
● Renovations and refurbishments of bathrooms and kitchens,
● Hot water systems – cylinder install, replacements and repairs,
● Install, … View moreWe are looking for subcontractors with their own company|, van and tools and the ability to be reliable and self-managed.
The work involves:
● Renovations and refurbishments of bathrooms and kitchens,
● Hot water systems – cylinder install, replacements and repairs,
● Install, replacement and repairs to plumbing pipes and plumbing fittings
● Leaking water repairs and reports
● Vanity and laundry tub installs
● General plumbing maintenance
Work is carried out to our clients’ schedule of rates so there is no quoting or invoicing.
Basic knowledge of IT is required as jobs are received and invoiced via internet portal.
If you are looking for continuous, year-round workflows with reliable twice-monthly guaranteed payments, and opportunities to grow your business then please contact Chantelle.bacon@spencerhenshaw.co.nz
Maintaining your balance is key to enjoying life and avoiding falls. With the easy-to-use app called Nymbl, you can improve your balance and live falls free. You just need a smartphone or tablet.
With Nymbl you’ll use simple and safe body movements and easy brain challenges like trivia. … View moreMaintaining your balance is key to enjoying life and avoiding falls. With the easy-to-use app called Nymbl, you can improve your balance and live falls free. You just need a smartphone or tablet.
With Nymbl you’ll use simple and safe body movements and easy brain challenges like trivia. It’s a technique called dual-tasking and it’s proven to be effective, it’s also fun. Just 10 minutes a day in the comfort of your own home and you can be Nymbl.
Register now to get Nymbl free. Nymbl is brought to you by Live Stronger For Longer and ACC, MOH and HQSC.
In this week’s issue we’ve got a spring checklist for vegetables and flowers and, by special request, instructions for making newspaper plant pots for seedlings. Plus it’s time to tidy up hellebores, sow brassica seeds and start a new compost heap.
We have three tasty recipes from Jamie … View moreIn this week’s issue we’ve got a spring checklist for vegetables and flowers and, by special request, instructions for making newspaper plant pots for seedlings. Plus it’s time to tidy up hellebores, sow brassica seeds and start a new compost heap.
We have three tasty recipes from Jamie Oliver’s new book 7 Ways. Plus go in the draw for fertiliser and soil enhancer from Fodda and Mr Fothergill’s ultimate garden pack.
Delivered every Friday to your email inbox, Get Growing digital magazine offers seasonal gardening advice from the NZ Gardener magazine's team of experts. Each week we answer all your burning questions on raising fruit and veges and tell you the top tasks to do in your backyard this weekend. Subscribe here:
Got an important celebration or party coming up? Create your own photo booth for guests to enjoy. The best thing about this photo booth is that you can easily erase and change your text to reuse the frame for different events with a Resene FX Write-on Wall Paint whiteboard finish on one side and … View moreGot an important celebration or party coming up? Create your own photo booth for guests to enjoy. The best thing about this photo booth is that you can easily erase and change your text to reuse the frame for different events with a Resene FX Write-on Wall Paint whiteboard finish on one side and a Resene FX Blackboard Paint finish on the other.
It’s perfect for baby showers, hen’s parties, kid’s birthdays and much more! Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene.
Learn how to create your own to get your guests in the party photo mood.
Cannibals, Crocodiles and Cassowaries.
A New Zealand Forest Ranger in the Jungles of Papua New Guinea
This book, Cannibals, Crocodiles and Cassowaries, is about Ross’s time in pre-independence Papua New Guinea and captures a particular time in history when real adventure was still possible, and … View moreCannibals, Crocodiles and Cassowaries.
A New Zealand Forest Ranger in the Jungles of Papua New Guinea
This book, Cannibals, Crocodiles and Cassowaries, is about Ross’s time in pre-independence Papua New Guinea and captures a particular time in history when real adventure was still possible, and a young man’s attitude made those adventures happen. His retelling is as fresh as if it happened yesterday and there is never a dull moment.
Ross has a writing style that is relaxed and intimate, and he invites you to come along for the ride. He is passionate about people and places and the people he has encountered, and he spins a great yarn.
The book includes some 60 coloured photographs from Ross’s vast collection, which richly illustrate his writing.
Synopsis:
Cannibals, Crocodiles and Cassowaries
A New Zealand Forest Ranger in the Jungles of Papua New Guinea
It is 1967 in Papua New Guinea.
Despite never having left New Zealand before, Ross takes to living and working in the jungle like he was born there, right down to learning Pidgin and eating bush meat from some particularly suspicious sources.
From hair-raising experiments with stump-blasting to being caught in the arrow-fire of a tribal battle, Ross’s life is never dull. He has a tug-of-war with a reef shark over his dinner catch, witnesses (and photographs) a young men’s initiation ritual that few non-natives have ever seen, visits cannibals and head-hunters in their isolated villages, gets caught in storms at sea in an open boat, climbs to ancient rock-paintings and burial caves, experiences the mysterious power of native superstition, races against time to get death adder victims to hospital, witnesses more post-mortems than he cares to remember, gets arrested in PNG’s Eastern Highlands for photographing a chain gang at work (and talks his way free with photos intact), goes crocodile hunting with a barking dog for bait, seeks out the isolated tribe that suffers from the “laughing death” (kuru), encounters fascinating customs among isolated tribes, and collects the artefacts that formed the backbone of the National Museum of New Zealand’s PNG collection at that time.
When he encounters jungle bridges that have lost their decks, he drives his Holden across the stringers! When asked by the NZ National Museum’s Curator of Pacific Ethnology to procure or photograph a rare fertility figure that no-one in PNG is even prepared to talk about, Ross makes a secretive deal with a witchdoctor that results in him smuggling one out of a remote village wrapped in his spare shirt.
The government has allocated $500,000 to support flood relief activities in Northland.
The move comes after a once-in-500-years storm struck the region on July 17 and 18, causing flooding and millions of dollars of damage to homes and buildings.
Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin said … View moreThe government has allocated $500,000 to support flood relief activities in Northland.
The move comes after a once-in-500-years storm struck the region on July 17 and 18, causing flooding and millions of dollars of damage to homes and buildings.
Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin said organisations providing services and projects supporting flood recovery efforts will be able to request for grants from the fund from today.
“The Lottery Grants Board recognised the considerable impact that the flooding has had on the communities of Northland and so funding will be available to support impacted community facilities, marae and community organisations that are providing welfare support in the region,” she said.
Department of Internal Affairs, which administers Lottery funding on the Board’s behalf, will be working with the region’s local councils, iwi, hapū and other key stakeholders to assess how the funding can be used and how it will be distributed.
The assessment of community need is at an early stage, and grant money is not available to individuals who have suffered personal loss or property damage.
The Board has previously provided funding to support community responses to natural disasters, including the Tasman fires, Edgecumbe flooding and the Christchurch and the Hurunui/Kāikoura/Marlborough earthquakes.
Damage caused by recent floods in Northland that have been called a once in 500-year event are expected to cost insurance companies millions of dollars.
Further information, including how to apply for funding relating to the Northland flood, can be found at www.communitymatters.govt.nz...
Rawene Volunteer Fire Brigade needs new members now! We urgently need some people of our community to step up and help us do our work. Volunteer in an organisation that will train and support you. Become part of a dynamic team that isn’t scared of putting in the hard yards. We serve our … View moreRawene Volunteer Fire Brigade needs new members now! We urgently need some people of our community to step up and help us do our work. Volunteer in an organisation that will train and support you. Become part of a dynamic team that isn’t scared of putting in the hard yards. We serve our community whenever they need us, rain, hail, or shine, 24 hours a day.
Come along to a Wednesday night training at 6:45pm, 51 Parnell Street, Rawene. Meet the crew, have a look, just see what we do.
Text queries to, Zak Bristow, 02108306469.
The Ministry for Primary Industries has issued a recall for two varieties of yellow flesh peaches due to the possible presence of Salmonella enteritidis.
What you need to know:
Primor Produce Ltd and Turners and Growers fresh Ltd yellow flesh peaches sold between 10 July to 25 August 2020 … View moreThe Ministry for Primary Industries has issued a recall for two varieties of yellow flesh peaches due to the possible presence of Salmonella enteritidis.
What you need to know:
Primor Produce Ltd and Turners and Growers fresh Ltd yellow flesh peaches sold between 10 July to 25 August 2020 should not be consumed due to the presence of the bacteria.
ALL yellow flesh peaches imported from the United States should not be consumed if purchased between 10 July to 25 August.
The products are sold in New World, Pak'n Save, Gilmours and Four Square stores across the North Island.
To learn more about the recall see the New Zealand Food Safety Website.
State Highway 1 has been closed at Mangamuka Gorge since the Northland floods on July 17, and will be closed until at least mid-October when one lane may open to light vehicles. The closure means some are facing a long detour, while the small Mangamuka community has been cut off. How is the road … View moreState Highway 1 has been closed at Mangamuka Gorge since the Northland floods on July 17, and will be closed until at least mid-October when one lane may open to light vehicles. The closure means some are facing a long detour, while the small Mangamuka community has been cut off. How is the road closure impacting you?
Hey neighbours,
One week to go! That's 168 hours left to nominate a Local Hero of Northland.
We know they're out there - organising events, coaching sport, volunteering for a greater cause, selflessly working towards the greater good of your community.
Celebrate their impact and … View moreHey neighbours,
One week to go! That's 168 hours left to nominate a Local Hero of Northland.
We know they're out there - organising events, coaching sport, volunteering for a greater cause, selflessly working towards the greater good of your community.
Celebrate their impact and nominate them before Sunday 30 August.
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The government has allocated $500,000 for organisations, services and projects supporting flood recovery efforts in Northland.
The fund can be accessed through grants, but grant money is not available to individuals who have suffered personal loss or property damage.
Millions of dollars in … View moreThe government has allocated $500,000 for organisations, services and projects supporting flood recovery efforts in Northland.
The fund can be accessed through grants, but grant money is not available to individuals who have suffered personal loss or property damage.
Millions of dollars in damages were caused to buildings, homes and vehicles in Northland during the floods on July 17 and 18.
Do you think the government’s support goes far enough?
Hi neighbours,
Wondering what the mandatory use of masks during level 2 means for you?
Based on the information at hand, here’s what you need to know about the new face mask requirements, including what kind of covering you can use and when to use it.
Click here to read more.
Hey neighbours,
Hurry! You’ve got just 5 days to nominate your Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year from Northland and give their mahi the recognition it deserves. 16 regions, 16 winners. All it takes is one nomination.
Who’s your Local Hero? Go.
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Northland's state highways are in a poor state - with some like Springs Flat falling to bits. NZTA says its summer repairs could not be done due to the Covid-19 lockdown. I am looking for drivers happy to share their experience on the roads, and if it has impacted on tyres, car condition etc. … View moreNorthland's state highways are in a poor state - with some like Springs Flat falling to bits. NZTA says its summer repairs could not be done due to the Covid-19 lockdown. I am looking for drivers happy to share their experience on the roads, and if it has impacted on tyres, car condition etc. Please contact me on 0272-581-228 or denise.piper@stuff.co.nz
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