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A fantastic photo by Simon Woolf.
"Talk about special! Our garden had a lovely fleeting visit this morning.
I heard the tune, and knew instantly it wasn't a Tui!
A Korimako, our native Bellbird are often heard but rarely seen. To have one flitting around our place was so wonderful … View moreA fantastic photo by Simon Woolf.
"Talk about special! Our garden had a lovely fleeting visit this morning.
I heard the tune, and knew instantly it wasn't a Tui!
A Korimako, our native Bellbird are often heard but rarely seen. To have one flitting around our place was so wonderful to see, and hear. The blue around the Korimako's bill and face is pollen from our native fuschia. Over the past few days the luck I've had in our garden has been amazing. Karori is one great place to see a range of native, and sometimes rare and beautiful wildlife."
• Have you reached the stage where you want to....
• Change direction in your career and/or lifestyle?
• Release the brakes and step up in your career?
• Scale back; reduce your hours/responsibilities?
• Exit the workplace?
• Start a business?
• Consider new options, … View more• Have you reached the stage where you want to....
• Change direction in your career and/or lifestyle?
• Release the brakes and step up in your career?
• Scale back; reduce your hours/responsibilities?
• Exit the workplace?
• Start a business?
• Consider new options, possibilities, and adventures?
• Revitalise your lifestyle?
This workshop is for those who are ready to stop waiting and start making things happen. Registrations essential. To reserve your place book online www.eventfinda.co.nz...
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Looking forward to meeting you at the event.
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Is your Mobile plan one of the many Winter bills piling up? It might be time to review it so you can relax..even just a smidge?! Compare all the mobile plans and providers on Mobile Compare and find a plan that lets you stay connected without overpaying.
The "Euphoric Slumberzone" base and matrass, bought 4 years ago, medium softness, very comfortable, super king size, in great condition. Pick up is Nikau Valley, Paraparaumu
Fridge Freezer for sale in very reasonable condition
63 inches tall
21 inches wide &
21 inches deep
The competition to get your photo in the Kāpiti Sunsets Calendar 2024, to be sold to raise funds for Mary Potter Hospice, is now open.
To submit a photo for consideration please join the "Kāpiti Sunsets Calendar 2024" facebook group, and once accepted you can enter your photos and … View moreThe competition to get your photo in the Kāpiti Sunsets Calendar 2024, to be sold to raise funds for Mary Potter Hospice, is now open.
To submit a photo for consideration please join the "Kāpiti Sunsets Calendar 2024" facebook group, and once accepted you can enter your photos and view other entries. You can also enter by email.
Main Conditions:
Closing Date: Midnight 31 August 2023
Must be your own photo - no 3rd party entries
Landscape format and you must have a file that will print at A4
Must be at or about sunset
Must include Kāpiti Island and/or Kāpiti Coast
Maximum of 3 entries per person (but see also T&C number 10a).
Please read full Ts & Cs available on the facebook competition page or below.
If you're on facebook, enter via the Kāpiti Sunsets Calendar 2024 facebook group:
www.facebook.com...
If you're not on facebook, email your entries to me at kapitisunsets@gmail.com
If you are emailing me entries, please pay special attention to amended T&C number 5a.
Terms & Conditions (subject to change)
1. The organisers of this event are Murray Short & Barney Shiels-Reddin.
2. The organisers’ decision is final.
3. All submitted photos must be your own work, i.e. you must own the copyright to the image. You cannot submit photos on behalf of third parties.
4. You, the photographer, will retain the copyright to the photo. However, by submitting the photo for consideration/competition to be included in the Kāpiti Sunsets Calendar 2024 (hereafter called “the calendar”) you are agreeing to its use in the calendar free of charge and without any further financial reward. You are also agreeing to its use in any advertising or publicity materials for the calendar (in print or on-line), again, free of charge/without financial reward, even if the image is not selected for the calendar.
5. All photos must be in JPEG and landscape format. You must have an original file copy of at least 3500 pixels wide by 2500 pixels high. This approximates to A4 at 300 dpi, which is the size that the calendar will be printed. If your camera (or phone) is rated as 8.5 MP, or higher, your image should be large enough. Do not submit your full size file to this facebook submission page. facebook automatically crops to a maximum of about 1800 pixels wide. If your image is selected you will be asked to provide the full file version to the organisers.
5a (amended T&C) If you are submitting by email, please send either the original file (photo) from your camera or phone, or if you have edited it, your best quality version, preferably cropped to A4 dimensions at 300dpi. If you need technical assistance to do this, please contact me.
6. Photographs that appeared in the 2022 & 2023 Kāpiti Sunsets calendar are ineligible for this year’s competition but entries that didn’t make the final calendars are permissible.
7. “Brief” - All photos must be taken at or about sunset and must include at least a part of Kāpiti Island or be recognisably from or of Kāpiti Island or the Kāpiti Coast. Please keep filters and post production to a reasonable level. Images that have been modified to look like paintings will not be considered for the calendar. Colour images are preferred but black & white will be accepted. Recent photos are preferred, (e.g. within the past 3 years) but any age of photo is acceptable. Please include the date and place from which the photo was taken, as well as your contact details (on initial submission your facebook username is sufficient).
8. The closing date for submissions will be midnight on Thursday 31 August.
9. You may enter up to three photographs but only one per date taken.
10. Once you have submitted three images that have been accepted you cannot change them. (Tip: If you think you might get a winning shot in the last few days of August, hold one entry back for a deadline submission).
10a (amended T&C) Once you have submitted 3 images, you can add an additional 2 images provided they have been taken during August 2023.
11. There will only be a general category this year.
12. The organisers reserve the right to exclude any submission for any reason, for example (but not limited to), not including Kāpiti Island or the Kāpiti Coast, not being a sunset image, poor image quality, offensive material, political content, advertising material, etc. The most common reason for rejection over the past two years has been the image not being “landscape” mode. Although a brief statement of the reason for exclusion may be supplied, the organisers will not enter into any correspondence regarding unsuccessful submissions.
13. All eligible entries will be included on a new “open” facebook page and presented for “The People’s Choice” selection, to be determined by the most “likes”. This voting page will be open for a specified period of approximately 7 – 10 days and be will opened for voting within 7 days of the initial submission closing date. Voting will be “open”, i.e. you will not need to be a group member to vote.
14. The 12 calendar pages will (if possible) be from 12 different photographers. As the principal organiser, I am reserving one page for one of my photographs. The remaining 11 calendar pages will be the highest ranked photograph from the top 11 ranked photographers. In the unlikely event that there are insufficient photographs of sufficient quality to fill the calendar with 12 different photographers, the organiser reserves the right to select second or third photographs from the highest ranked photographer(s). The organisers also reserve the right to exercise a degree of editorial control to ensure that the calendar contains a variety of images rather than multiple submissions of the same “superlative” sunset.
15. The selected images will be included in the Kāpiti Sunsets Calendar 2023, along with a photo credit and a free copy of the calendar. No other prize is included in this competition/selection process.
16. The organisers reserve the right to make minor modifications to the selected images that they deem necessary (e.g. cropping to size for printing).
17. In the event of there being any issues not covered by these terms & conditions, T&Cs number 2 applies!
Brand Brokers Ltd is recalling The Gluten Free Food Co. brand Gluten Free Quick Mix Pizza Base due to the presence of an undeclared allergen (lupin). Customers are asked to check the date mark on the packaging. People with a lupin allergy should not consume this product. If you have consumed any of… View moreBrand Brokers Ltd is recalling The Gluten Free Food Co. brand Gluten Free Quick Mix Pizza Base due to the presence of an undeclared allergen (lupin). Customers are asked to check the date mark on the packaging. People with a lupin allergy should not consume this product. If you have consumed any of this product and have any concerns about your health, seek medical advice. If you are not allergic to lupin this recall does not affect you. Customers with a lupin allergy should return the product to their retailer for a full refund.
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Computer & IT Services Levin & Horowhenua
PC Technical Support
PC Repair Services and Troubleshooting
PC Setup / Installation
Windows/Hard drive Backup
Windows Recovery
Password Recovery… View moreComputer & IT Services Levin & Horowhenua
PC Technical Support
PC Repair Services and Troubleshooting
PC Setup / Installation
Windows/Hard drive Backup
Windows Recovery
Password Recovery
Networking/ Wired / Wireless Networking
Hardware repair services/ Upgrades / Installation
Software repair services / Upgrades / Installation
Operating System Updates (OS)
Anti-Virus Installation / Removal
Motherboard Replacement
And more IT repair services
Phone/Text Andrew
02041096999
General purpose Robust Trailer. Has tie down hooks both sides. Has brackets for high sides. Drawbar lengths ,connection ball to deck.1.8m, & has double box section for extra strength. Trailer is constructed as follows. All steel frame & all zinc coated prior to deck being fitted deck … View moreGeneral purpose Robust Trailer. Has tie down hooks both sides. Has brackets for high sides. Drawbar lengths ,connection ball to deck.1.8m, & has double box section for extra strength. Trailer is constructed as follows. All steel frame & all zinc coated prior to deck being fitted deck base & front & back. Tailgate; plywood ,Sides timber .Front gate can be lifted out for transporting long timber etc. Tailgate folds down & can be removed. When replacing tailgate it is made easier with 3 offset hinges. Cubic capacity of deck 1.2cu m. Internal measurements of the deck length 2.520, Width 1.610. Height of Tailgates 300mm. Heavy duty tires. Trailer has mudguard front lights, rear indicator & break lights. If the paint coating was applied it would make the Trailer look more presentable, but would cover up what is underneath, zinc coating to steel etc Ideal Builders Trailer, Lifestyle Block use etc. Buyer must pick up from Waikanae. Phone: 0279063804
Home Maintenance and building work,Framing/replace rotten weatherboard and decking,Gib fixing and patching.Painting call Michael 0275149108
The leader of the National Party has announced a plan to ban cellphones from all classrooms to minimize distractions for students. The Labour party has commented that this is commonplace already and is a decision best left for individual schools. Do you think a ban should be enforced?
Kapiti Genealogy Evening Meeting
Thursday 22 August at 7.30 is Rodney King from Kilbirnie Branch speaking on Preserving Your History When You’ve Gone
Location: Coast Community Church, 57 Hinemoa St, Paraparaumu
Time 7.00 p.m
Free for members, $5 door charge for visitors
Kapiti … View moreKapiti Genealogy Evening Meeting
Thursday 22 August at 7.30 is Rodney King from Kilbirnie Branch speaking on Preserving Your History When You’ve Gone
Location: Coast Community Church, 57 Hinemoa St, Paraparaumu
Time 7.00 p.m
Free for members, $5 door charge for visitors
Kapiti Genealogy Day Meeting
Kapiti Genealogy Day Meeting meets on Wednesday 23 August.
Can't make it to our monthly evening meetings?
Want a more informal gathering to share stories & research, ideas/gain tips?
Come along and meet the Daytime Crew.
Topic: Fellowship and Research time
Location: Waikanae Baptist Church Cafe, 286 Te Moana Rd, Waikanae
Time: 1.30 - 4.00 p.m
Free for members, $5 door charge for visitors
Otaki Family History Society (Formerly Otaki Genealogy)
This months meeting is on Thursday 24 August at 7.30 with Nick Watson talking about “Five Generations of Singer Sewing Machines”
Location: Dr Gertrude Atmore Supper Room, Memorial Hall, Main St, Otaki
More on the flyer attached
Visitors Welcome
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