🥇 FIRST PLACE 🥇 Well done Mike 🙌🙌🙌
🥇 FIRST PLACE 🥇
A big Congratulations to Mike from our local West harbour fire brigade!
Last weekend Mike Took part in the Fire Fighter Sky Tower Stair Challenge and got 1st place in the Masters/Donned category (40-49 yrs)
Finishing with a 1 min and 26 second lead!!
Mikes favourite quote- "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Which means if you want success and growth in the future, the best time to act is now!
Well done Mike 👏
🚨AND REMEMBER- With winter creeping up now is a good time to clean the chimneys, dust off the heaters and use caution when using heating appliances🚨
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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52.6% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.7% Critical thinking
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29.9% Resilience and adaptability
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2.7% Other - I will share below!
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