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Please meet Alyce Read of Nelson, who uses her houseplant collection to connect with others and help them overcome mental health challenges. "You wouldn’t take a plant and put it in a dark corner and fail to water it and expect it to thrive. So we should look at ourselves … View moreDear neighbours,
Please meet Alyce Read of Nelson, who uses her houseplant collection to connect with others and help them overcome mental health challenges. "You wouldn’t take a plant and put it in a dark corner and fail to water it and expect it to thrive. So we should look at ourselves that way," she says. "If we are not thriving in the way that we would wish, it might not be any fault of ours, it might be the conditions that we are under."
All it takes is a kind gesture to change someone’s day. From giving flowers to a neighbour ‘just because’ to paying it forward in line at a cafe - this month we’re encouraging our members and supporters to make New Zealand a better place one random act of kindness at a time.
The options … View moreAll it takes is a kind gesture to change someone’s day. From giving flowers to a neighbour ‘just because’ to paying it forward in line at a cafe - this month we’re encouraging our members and supporters to make New Zealand a better place one random act of kindness at a time.
The options for doing so are endless! Being kind doesn’t have to cost a thing, after all a smile is free. For those who want to go the extra mile, here’s some other ideas: take a gift over to new neighbours and introduce yourself, build a free community library for your street, buy extra kai at the grocery store to donate to a food bank, bring treats into work for colleagues, send an encouraging text to someone who needs it, let a car into the traffic ahead of you, write positive messages in chalk on sidewalks around your neighbourhood, or surprise loved ones with a visit.
Want to share your thoughts? Let us know how you’re spreading kindness this month by tagging us in your social media posts or emailing us your photos, videos, or experiences to:
info@neighbourhoodsupport.co.nz
We developed our Ryman Peace of Mind Guarantees to protect residents and their families.
For example, you can be 100% sure there are no hidden costs. This means no standard refurbishment fees, no surprise costs when you move in and no administration fees.
Read more about our Julia Wallace … View moreWe developed our Ryman Peace of Mind Guarantees to protect residents and their families.
For example, you can be 100% sure there are no hidden costs. This means no standard refurbishment fees, no surprise costs when you move in and no administration fees.
Read more about our Julia Wallace village and our Peace of Mind Guarantees.
Tēnā koutou. Your neighbours at Sustainability Trust here. Just letting you know that our mid-winter market is back and better than ever - and you're invited.
This is your opportunity to meet the makers, the crafters and creators, the people that make us proud to #SupportLocal. There will… View moreTēnā koutou. Your neighbours at Sustainability Trust here. Just letting you know that our mid-winter market is back and better than ever - and you're invited.
This is your opportunity to meet the makers, the crafters and creators, the people that make us proud to #SupportLocal. There will be music, locally made artisanal gifts and goodies, great conversations and great people.
So go on, cut out the supply chain and meet the people behind the products. Be ethical, shop sustainably & support NZ made.
Admission is free, but please bring cash as many of the stallholders will not have EFTPOS.
Homeware > Art > Toys > Beauty > Clothing > Gifts > Food >Music
All are sustainably sourced and ethically made by conscious consumers for conscious consumers.
Sat, 21 August from 10.30 am to 4 pm - 2 Forresters Lane, Wellington.
Advertise your entry-level and apprentice roles with Competenz through our online job board, we have pre-qualified and motivated jobseekers ready to match with your organisation.
Find your next apprentice with Competenz!
This week we again feature words and a picture from Louise Thomas, who recently ventured to Whanganui.
"The Chief Porter and I have been hunting the Nankeen Night Heron for some time. Randomly calling into Ūpokongaro to the spot “Behind the Door on 4” where others before us have clocked … View moreThis week we again feature words and a picture from Louise Thomas, who recently ventured to Whanganui.
"The Chief Porter and I have been hunting the Nankeen Night Heron for some time. Randomly calling into Ūpokongaro to the spot “Behind the Door on 4” where others before us have clocked the birds, but, for us, with no success. On Monday we were crest fallen to find the café shut, but thought we would head a little way up Makirikiri Valley Road and drop down into the gulley and scout along the stream that runs into the Whanganui River at Ūpokongaro.
The recent rain had made the stream brown and swollen, water was lapping up onto the shelf with the slight track covered in wandering willy (tradescentia). It was wet, slippery, and muddy and our pants were wet up to the knees just walking through the undergrowth. We were buzzed by fantails and wax-eyes, but saw nothing of the night herons behind the area where the café is.
We pushed a little further upstream, straddling rotten logs which crumbled under our feet and slipping in the thick wet weed. I was about to call time of death on the operation, when the Chief Porter spotted a creamy patch against the dark tangled trees overhanging the stream. It was like magic, three night herons materialised from the gloom, their bodies glowing like warm rich butterscotch.
All three had slicked back black hair, but one roosting in the tree, hunched over like an old man, also had two long thin white feathers waving down his back like crazy antennae. One was actively hunting in the stream, pulling at aquatic plants in the hope they might be tasty, the other perched above and moved along the branches quoorking encouragement about the activities below. Nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)."
Looking for adult hand knitted garments suitable to be unpicked and reknitted. Prefer brighter colours, not fawn, grey or brown. No problem with the odd hole.
Are you a small business owner looking to make better use of the online space?
Digital Boost is a free online learning platform packed with 3-5 minute educational videos on topics like:
- Websites
- Digital marketing/social media
- Online tools
- Digital accounting
- Business insights, … View moreAre you a small business owner looking to make better use of the online space?
Digital Boost is a free online learning platform packed with 3-5 minute educational videos on topics like:
- Websites
- Digital marketing/social media
- Online tools
- Digital accounting
- Business insights, feedback and reporting
- Future technologies
Plus, pick up tips and tricks from our interviews with other small business owners across the nation.
The future is digital and we want your business to be part of it.
Sign this petition please.
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Isn't it time that the Minister for Immigration stopped hiding behind the bureaucrats of his Department and stopped evading interviewer's questions?
This is one family that will be destroyed due to his failure to direct his staff to follow the … View moreSign this petition please.
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Isn't it time that the Minister for Immigration stopped hiding behind the bureaucrats of his Department and stopped evading interviewer's questions?
This is one family that will be destroyed due to his failure to direct his staff to follow the PM's goal of being a caring nation!
C'mon Carterton - let's get some support for the family.
Best Before 13-07-2021 but still safe and fine.
Tiny fruits to use in your recipes or as decoration.
Can be used as a garnish, decoration, or can be used in canapes..
Why not make Mini Toffee Apples, the kids will love em and so will the adults!! This is all you need!!
… View moreBest Before 13-07-2021 but still safe and fine.
Tiny fruits to use in your recipes or as decoration.
Can be used as a garnish, decoration, or can be used in canapes..
Why not make Mini Toffee Apples, the kids will love em and so will the adults!! This is all you need!!
Ingredients:
Baby Apples in syrup
300g demerara sugar
3tbsp golden syrup
25g salted butter
1½tsp cider vinegar
Lolly sticks or skewers
Method:
Gently dissolve the sugar, syrup and butter in a saucepan with 75ml water then stir through the vinegar.
Turn up the heat and boil until the mixture reaches 140C.
Carefully dip the apples into the hot toffee and swirl to coat, if the pan is too shallow use a spoon to coat.
Was $11.00
Comment below how you plan on celebrating today with your best friend!
#internationalfriendday #bestfriends #happiness #love
Join the movement to help make Aotearoa a better place to live!
Recreate a Kiwiana classic using butterflise and Resene testpots.
Find out how to create your own.
Good morning
Does anyone have a diecast model 1:18 size or larger of a Willys Jeep in British Green they would be willing to part with and I could buy please?
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