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The worker bees are preparing to repaint the road markings on Hurley Rd.
Do they really look like they need repainting??
Our House of the Week this week is a recreational haven, with tennis court, swimming pool and sea views. This five bedroom home is located in Paraparaumu Beach, and is for sale through Ceinwen and Chris Howard from Howard and Co. Check it out in today's issue of Homed.
Looking for an agent … View moreOur House of the Week this week is a recreational haven, with tennis court, swimming pool and sea views. This five bedroom home is located in Paraparaumu Beach, and is for sale through Ceinwen and Chris Howard from Howard and Co. Check it out in today's issue of Homed.
Looking for an agent to market your home?
Check Homed Kāpiti to find agents who are actively marketing in your area and chat to them about getting your property featured in the Homed Kāpiti.
Distribution & Delivery:
Homed Kāpiti gets delivered to 26,500 letterboxes every Thursday from Paekākāriki to Ōtaki Beach, and is also available in stands throughout the area.
For more information:
Please ask your agent to contact Cameron Beattie on 021 973 105 or cameron.beattie@stuff.co.nz OR Niko Perez on 021 501 913 or niko.perez@stuff.co.nz
Not receiving your weekly delivery?
Please phone 0800 339000 or e mail distribution@stuff.co.nz
Today is a perfect time to stop and enjoy the company of your neighbours, friends and family!
The team at NZ Compare wish you all good health, good luck and happiness for 2022.
A toy bunny lost and then left on top of a skip after the anti-mandate occupation at Parliament has been reunited with its owner, thanks to social media.
Richard Falkner, who works in central Wellington, found the soiled Peter Rabbit toy on top of a water tank used as a makeshift bin at Aitken St … View moreA toy bunny lost and then left on top of a skip after the anti-mandate occupation at Parliament has been reunited with its owner, thanks to social media.
Richard Falkner, who works in central Wellington, found the soiled Peter Rabbit toy on top of a water tank used as a makeshift bin at Aitken St last week, before taking it home and giving it a clean. Read more here.
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Young golden labrador followed us home from Eriuni street to tutere st waikanae beach.reg no, 5300
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Supporting fellow pioneers isn’t new. It’s in our DNA. Since 1999, our residents and team members have raised more than $5 million for charities across New Zealand and Australia.
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Get 20% off Resene premium products at Resene ColorShops and participating resellers:
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… View moreGet 20% off Resene premium products at Resene ColorShops and participating resellers:
- Paints
- Wood stains
- Primers
- Sealers
- Decorating accessories
- Wallpaper
- Cleaning products
Discounts off the normal retail price of Resene premium paints, wood stains, primers, sealers, decorating accessories, wallpaper and cleaning products until 26 April 2022. Available only at Resene owned ColorShops and participating resellers or shop online. For details see 20% off sale.
Each March the world comes together in Ōtaki to celebrate Indigenous screen storytelling at Māoriland Film Festival, the largest Indigenous film festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
This year the decision has been made to postpone to Matariki 2022. New dates will be announced on the Māoriland… View moreEach March the world comes together in Ōtaki to celebrate Indigenous screen storytelling at Māoriland Film Festival, the largest Indigenous film festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
This year the decision has been made to postpone to Matariki 2022. New dates will be announced on the Māoriland website shortly.
Launched in 2014, the Māoriland festival is a celebration of Indigenous voices and storytelling on film – uplifting the perspectives and stories of Indigenous people.
Hi Neighbors,
My son as of late has taken a fond liking to Goosebumps books by R L Stine. Would anybody happen to have a collection they have lying around and wouldn't mind selling them. I loved them as a kid and would love to introduce him to more books. Cheers
2 HP Office Jet 7410 printers and 8 ink cartridges for the printers for sale. Both printers still work - 1 was used at the Office and the other used at home. Ink cartridges do have expiry dates on them ranging from Jan 2018 - Feb 2021 but they are in sealed packets and should still be fine to use.
500 or swap for a double or king single bed in similar condition and cash my way.
Fast fashion is leading to a mountain of clothing being thrown away each year and has a huge impact on the environment, so can we turn our unwanted garments into something useful?
Open your wardrobe and be honest. How long was it since you last wore some of those clothes? Do you think it might … View moreFast fashion is leading to a mountain of clothing being thrown away each year and has a huge impact on the environment, so can we turn our unwanted garments into something useful?
Open your wardrobe and be honest. How long was it since you last wore some of those clothes? Do you think it might be time for a clear out?
Languishing in the back of cupboards and bottom of drawers are outfits that don’t fit any more, items that have gone out of fashion, or even clothes that have never been worn. In fact, according to research conducted by sociologist Sophie Woodward at the University of Manchester, on average 12% of clothes in the wardrobes of women she studied could be considered “inactive”.
If you were brutal, you’ll probably manage to fill a bin-bag or two with clothes you no longer want or need. But what then?
Around 85% of all textiles thrown away in the US – roughly 13 million tonnes in 2017 – are either dumped into landfill or burned. The average American has been estimated to throw away around 37kg of clothes every year. And globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textiles waste is created each year and the equivalent to a rubbish truck full of clothes ends up on landfill sites every second. By 2030, we are expected as a whole to be discarding more than 134 million tonnes of textiles a year.
Millions of tonnes of clothing, shoes and other textiles end up in landfill every year because very little is sent for recycling.
“The current fashion system uses high volumes of non-renewable resources, including petroleum, extracted to produce clothes that are often used only for a short period of time, after which the materials are largely lost to landfill or incineration,” says Chetna Prajapati, who studies ways of making sustainable textiles at Loughborough University in the UK.
“This system puts pressure on valuable resources such as water, pollutes the environment and degrades ecosystems in addition to creating societal impacts on a global scale.”
There are good reasons to seek out alternatives to chucking clothes in the bin – globally the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions, with textile production alone is estimated to release 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year. Vast amounts of water are also needed to produce the clothes we wear too and the fashion industry is responsible for 20% of global waste water. (Read more about the impact our fashion addiction has on the planet.)
At the same time we are buying more clothes than ever – the average consumer now buys 60% more clothing than they did 15 years ago. More than two tonnes of clothing are bought each minute in the UK, more than any other country in Europe. Globally, around 56 million tonnes of clothing are bought each year, and this is expected to rise to 93 million tonnes by 2030 and 160 million tonnes by 2050.
Globally just 12% of the material used for clothing ends up being recycled.
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