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50% off ALL CLOTHING this week only! Monday 13th - Saturday 18th Feb. The Vintage Store: 3/154 Kolmar Road Papatoetoe open 10-4 today
Counties Manukau Rugby are on the lookout for referees this season. Even if you're not an expert on rugby, it's a great chance to get involved in the game.
Find out more this Monday night from 7.30pm at the Referees' Association Rooms at EcoLight Stadium in Pukekohe
This month we are launching the I Heart My Hood Project. This is your chance to celebrate your hood by sharing stories, photos or video. We really want to see and hear about the people in your neighbourhood. Portraits or videos of our neighbourhood champions, or the people that to you … View moreThis month we are launching the I Heart My Hood Project. This is your chance to celebrate your hood by sharing stories, photos or video. We really want to see and hear about the people in your neighbourhood. Portraits or videos of our neighbourhood champions, or the people that to you personify your community or ‘hood’. This year we’re doing it a little differently. To help focus (excuse the photography pun) we’ve chosen three themes.
1 – I Heart the History of My Hood
Everywhere we live has history, and stories. Do you know your hood’s history? Or maybe you know someone who has lived in the community for what seems like a million years, and know the place like that back of their hand. Was your hood the birth place of the women’s vote, or maybe site of the biggest lamington ever made way back in 53′ ….(Yes I know, random, but honestly we’re interesting in anything and everything)… By the way – this is also an awesome way to get our older ‘story tellers’ involved.
2 – I Heart Diversity in my Hood
New Zealand really has become a melting pot and that brings with it the rainbow of diversity of all kinds. Maybe you have the ‘united nations’ living on one street, maybe your neighbourhood pot luck dinners are better and more interesting than an international food fair could every dream of! We want to see and hear about it.
3 – I Heart My Healthy Hood
With our clean green image, amazing fresh foods, picture perfect outdoor environment, we know there are neighbourhoods out there that personify ‘health’. Is your neighbourhood or neighbour one of them? It could be through a neighbourhood walking group, or a ‘from garden to plate thanks to the shared neighbourhood community garden’ kind of thing. It might be a neighbourhood that has committed to getting the kids off screens and outside, or maybe its a whole street of cross fit power vegans ….. probably not … but you never know. What ever it is, we want to see and hear about it.
To enter go to our website and ‘share your story’
So get snapping and chatting. We have more information on I Heart My Hood available on facebook and on our website.
Here is a link to our first posting - I heart my healthy hood by Heather of Glen Eden. neighboursday.org.nz...
Buy & register your child's AT HOP card and save
Terms of use for AT HOP cards are available at AT.govt.nz/athop
Register your team for a fun FREE walking challenge this March. Be in to win great prizes as you walk the virtual length of NZ.
Wow, now that's a challenge!
READ MORE: www.stuff.co.nz...
Could you be a member of the 'buy nothing for a year club?'
Add a little more colour to your life and help those in need with Hunger for Colour! Simply bring a can of food into your local Resene owned ColorShop and you can swap it for a Resene testpot!*
Resene will then donate all cans to The Salvation Army local foodbanks and other community foodbanks. … View moreAdd a little more colour to your life and help those in need with Hunger for Colour! Simply bring a can of food into your local Resene owned ColorShop and you can swap it for a Resene testpot!*
Resene will then donate all cans to The Salvation Army local foodbanks and other community foodbanks. When you donate a can of food you'll save up to $5.50 on your testpot purchase while also helping provide disadvantaged Kiwis with food parcels when they need them most.
So start gathering up those cans and bring them into your local Resene owned ColorShop today!
*60-80ml testpot
Are you looking for an action packed and adrenaline fueled weekend?
Then head down to Rumble in the Park at Pukekohe Park Raceway this weekend to feed your automotive addiction.
see www.pukekohepark.co.nz... for more details.
When was the last time you got those spots checked out? We’ve teamed up with Melanoma New Zealand who help raise awareness of early detection of melanoma and prevention. Keep an eye-out on your neighbours, friends and family. Remember if in doubt, get checked out!
Show your support and drop a … View moreWhen was the last time you got those spots checked out? We’ve teamed up with Melanoma New Zealand who help raise awareness of early detection of melanoma and prevention. Keep an eye-out on your neighbours, friends and family. Remember if in doubt, get checked out!
Show your support and drop a coin donation into the Melanoma New Zealand coin collection box next time you visit us in-store.
Spot it. Stop it!
It's that time of the year - where town meets country at the annual Franklin A and P Show, in Pukekohe February 18 and 19. We've got 6 family passes (2 adults 2 children) to giveaway to our FCN neighbours. To be in to win, like this post and email your contact details to … View moreIt's that time of the year - where town meets country at the annual Franklin A and P Show, in Pukekohe February 18 and 19. We've got 6 family passes (2 adults 2 children) to giveaway to our FCN neighbours. To be in to win, like this post and email your contact details to julie.kaio@fairfaxmedia.co.nz with A&P in the subject line. Good luck - and we'll see you at the show!
KFC's Chizza is creeping across Asia and has just landed in Singapore.
It's heading ever closer to New Zealand. But will it land here? Do we really need this?
READ MORE: www.stuff.co.nz...
WHAT'S YOUR FAST FOOD GUILTY PLEASURE?
Hello neighbours! I'm Sam from Stuff Fibre (on the left) - and that's my mate Casey, Neighbourly's co-founder. As a couple of tech start-up founders, we're really excited to have joined forces to help make a difference in every corner of New Zealand.
Neighbourly do it by … View moreHello neighbours! I'm Sam from Stuff Fibre (on the left) - and that's my mate Casey, Neighbourly's co-founder. As a couple of tech start-up founders, we're really excited to have joined forces to help make a difference in every corner of New Zealand.
Neighbourly do it by connecting you with your neighbours - Stuff Fibre is doing it by providing a better, simpler internet experience. Stuff Fibre delivers super speedy internet supported by local customer service from our team in Auckland (wahoo!), unlimited data and no fixed term contracts so that you get our best price always. Over the coming weeks and months we'll be working with Neighbourly to help you understand about what this 'fibre stuff' is all about and why it should matter to you. In the meantime - it's great to be here!
Curious? Find out more about how we're shaking things up.
- Sam Morse, Stuff Fibre co-founder
This Saturday, Jack Kani and more than 200 riders will hit the road in North Waikato in their motorcycles to raise awareness of youth suicide.
The main event will be held at the Puni Rugby Football and Sports Club from 12pm.
Buy & register your child's AT HOP card and save
Terms of use for AT HOP cards are available at AT.govt.nz/athop
Here at the Franklin County News office we are all relaxed and refreshed after a long weekend with perfect weather!
What did you get up to on the weekend?
Do you think NZ should have more long weekends?
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