260 days ago

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Eva from The Brook

“I am Jewish. My neighbor Zahia is Palestinian Muslim. Today, I brought her baklava, a homemade tea blend and homemade soap, and a large orchid. She took me into her arms and we cried. We talked for a long long time. Her husband served me arabic coffee and she served me stuffed grape leaves. They sent me home with more grape leaves, lamb for Greg, a kaffiyeh, and their last bag of cardamom coffee from Palestine. They talked about how nice Greg is for shoveling their snow. She said she would make kenafe ( my favorite Palestinian desert)for me.
Stop making change theoretical and abstract. It is knocking on neighbor’s doors and sharing coffee and sweets. It is telling each other stories. It is heart to heart, neighbor to neighbor. We are all human. We all want a place to call home and for our babies and grandmothers to be safe. Peace begins with me. “
-Tamara Rettino
SHALOM
AS-SALAAM ALAIKUM

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Can you figure this one out, neighbours?

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I have seas with no waters, coasts with no sand, towns without people and mountains with no land. What am I?

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6 hours ago

Prize Draw Tuesdays!

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Congratulations to these winners who've each won $150...

Rachael Seed from Napier

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Mark Mudgway from Addington

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Get in touch here before the 9th of July, winners!

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