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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:
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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!
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?
Tell us about gardeners doing something worth celebrating in your community, and they could be in the running for the Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year! The winner will receive Vegepod product worth $1000. And the most colourful character receives $1000 worth of Resene paint.
Send up to five… View moreTell us about gardeners doing something worth celebrating in your community, and they could be in the running for the Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year! The winner will receive Vegepod product worth $1000. And the most colourful character receives $1000 worth of Resene paint.
Send up to five high-resolution photos and explain why you wish to nominate a person or group to be the Ryman Healthcare 2023 Gardener of the Year. Email your entry to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Or post your nomination to 2023 Gardener of the Year, NZ Gardener, PO Box 6341, Victoria St West, Auckland 1142.
Synopsis:
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB CHOICE 2019
'This is a novel of international significance. Courageous, provocative, haunting, it will open our eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
In the midst of war, he found love
In the midst of darkness, he found … View moreSynopsis:
A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB CHOICE 2019
'This is a novel of international significance. Courageous, provocative, haunting, it will open our eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
In the midst of war, he found love
In the midst of darkness, he found courage
In the midst of tragedy, he found hope
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
What will you find from his story?
Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo - until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape.
As Nuri and Afra travel through a broken world, they must confront not only the pain of their own unspeakable loss, but dangers that would overwhelm the bravest of souls. Above all - and perhaps this is the hardest thing they face - they must journey to find each other again.
Moving, powerful, compassionate and beautifully written, The Beekeeper of Aleppo is a testament to the triumph of the human spirit. Told with deceptive simplicity, it is the kind of book that reminds us of the power of storytelling.
'This book dips below the deafening headlines, and tells a true story with subtlety and power' Esther Freud
'This compelling tale had me gripped with its compassion, its sensual style and its onward and lively urge for resolution' Daljit Nagra
'Christy Lefteri has crafted a beautiful novel, intelligent, thoughtful; and relevant. I'm recommending this book to everyone I care about. So I'm recommending this book to you' Benjamin Zephaniah
Synopsis:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
Shakespeare’s dark and tragic play retold in a heart-pounding New York Times bestselling thriller from the author of The Snowman and The Thirst.
Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo's Macbeth centers around a … View moreSynopsis:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018
Shakespeare’s dark and tragic play retold in a heart-pounding New York Times bestselling thriller from the author of The Snowman and The Thirst.
Set in the 1970s in a run-down, rainy industrial town, Jo Nesbo's Macbeth centers around a police force struggling to shed an incessant drug problem. Duncan, chief of police, is idealistic and visionary, a dream to the townspeople but a nightmare for criminals. The drug trade is ruled by two drug lords, one of whom—a master of manipulation named Hecate—has connections with the highest in power, and plans to use them to get his way.
Hecate’s plot hinges on steadily, insidiously manipulating Inspector Macbeth: the head of SWAT and a man already susceptible to violent and paranoid tendencies. What follows is an unputdownable story of love and guilt, political ambition, and greed for more, exploring the darkest corners of human nature, and the aspirations of the criminal mind.
About the Author:
JO NESBO is a musician, songwriter, and economist, as well as a writer. His Harry Hole novels include The Snowman, The Leopard, and Phantom and he is the author of several stand-alone novels, including The Son, as well as the Doctor Proctor series of children's books. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Glass Key for best Nordic crime novel
Synopsis:
In the blustery final days of 2007, seven characters will reach an unexpected turning point: a hedge fund manager pulling off a trade, a professional football player recently arrived from Poland, a young lawyer with too much time on his hands, a student led astray by Islamist theory, a … View moreSynopsis:
In the blustery final days of 2007, seven characters will reach an unexpected turning point: a hedge fund manager pulling off a trade, a professional football player recently arrived from Poland, a young lawyer with too much time on his hands, a student led astray by Islamist theory, a hack book reviewer, a schoolboy hooked on pot and reality TV, and a Tube train driver whose Circle Line train joins these lives in a daily loop. And as the novel moves to its gripping climax, they are forced, one by one, to confront the new world they inhabit.
Panoramic and masterful, A Week in December melds moral heft and piercing wit, holding a mirror up to the complex patterns and crossings of modern urban life.
About the Author:
Sebastian Faulks worked as a journalist for fourteen years before taking up writing full-time in 1991. In 1995 he was voted Author of the Year by the British Book Awards for Birdsong. He is also the author of Human Traces, On Green Dolphin Street, Charlotte Gray, The Fatal Englishman, The Girl at the Lion d’Or, Engleby, and the James Bond novel Devil May Care. He lives in London with his wife and three children.
Synopsis:
World–renowned journalist John Pilger looks at five nations (Palestine, Diego Garcia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Africa) that have undergone long and painful struggles for freedom, yet are still waiting for its realization.
About the Author:
John Pilger is a world-renowned … View moreSynopsis:
World–renowned journalist John Pilger looks at five nations (Palestine, Diego Garcia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and South Africa) that have undergone long and painful struggles for freedom, yet are still waiting for its realization.
About the Author:
John Pilger is a world-renowned journalist, author and documentary filmmaker, who began his career in 1958 in his homeland, Australia, before moving to London in the 1960s.
He regards eye-witness as the essence of good journalism. He has been a foreign correspondent and a front-line war reporter, beginning with the Vietnam war in 1967. He is an impassioned critic of foreign military and economic adventures by Western governments.
"It is too easy," he says, "for Western journalists to see humanity in terms of its usefulness to 'our' interests and to follow government agendas that ordain good and bad tyrants, worthy and unworthy victims and present 'our' policies as always benign when the opposite is usually true. It's the journalist's job, first of all, to look in the mirror of his own society."
He believes a journalist also ought to be a guardian of the public memory and often quotes Milan Kundera: "The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting."
Synopsis:
'Possibly the most wonderful book I've ever read. A complete joy' Amazon reviewer. The stunning new novel from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller Amy Snow. Perfect for fans of The Keeper of Lost Things and Island of Secrets.Florrie Buckley is an orphan, living … View moreSynopsis:
'Possibly the most wonderful book I've ever read. A complete joy' Amazon reviewer. The stunning new novel from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller Amy Snow. Perfect for fans of The Keeper of Lost Things and Island of Secrets.Florrie Buckley is an orphan, living on the wind-blasted moors of Cornwall. It's a hard existence but Florrie is content; she runs wild in the mysterious landscape. She thinks her destiny is set in stone. But when Florrie is fourteen, she inherits a never-imagined secret. She is related to a wealthy and notorious London family, the Graces. Overnight, Florrie's life changes and she moves from country to city, from poverty to wealth. Cut off from everyone she has ever known, Florrie struggles to learn the rules of this strange new world. And then she must try to fathom her destructive pull towards the enigmatic and troubled Turlington Grace, a man with many dark secrets of his own.
About the Author:
Tracy Rees was born in South Wales. A Cambridge graduate, she had a successful eight-year career in nonfiction publishing and a second career practising and teaching humanistic counselling. She was the winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller Competition and the 2015 LoveStories 'Best Historical Read' award.
Arena Aquatics is back in action following important maintenance work to ensure this popular facility can continue to be enjoyed by all.
Staff were excited to open the doors to the public again last week after three weeks which had the building full of contractors rather than swimmers.
Much … View moreArena Aquatics is back in action following important maintenance work to ensure this popular facility can continue to be enjoyed by all.
Staff were excited to open the doors to the public again last week after three weeks which had the building full of contractors rather than swimmers.
Much of the maintenance work focused behind the scenes, in the pool plant and filtration areas. The public areas also received a refresh.
To celebrate Arena Aquatics’ reopening, we are inviting tamariki to enter a drawing competition, where they can draw themselves and their whānau enjoying a dip in the toddlers’ pool. There will be swim passes and other goodies up for grabs – keep an eye on the Council Facebook page for more details.
To find out more about what Arena Aquatics has to offer, entry fees and opening hours, visit us.
Good condition. There's more than a few instances in this biography of UFC cult favourite Mark Hunt that make you shake your head in can't-make-this-stuff-up disbelief - Inside Sport A powerful story of sadness, hope, pride, honour and triumph from the real-life Rocky! Raw, confronting … View moreGood condition. There's more than a few instances in this biography of UFC cult favourite Mark Hunt that make you shake your head in can't-make-this-stuff-up disbelief - Inside Sport A powerful story of sadness, hope, pride, honour and triumph from the real-life Rocky! Raw, confronting and honest, UFC champion Mark Hunt's inspiring autobiography shows it is possible to defy the odds and carve a better life. Born into a Mormon Samoan family, Hunt details his harrowing early life, his troubled teen years, and his angry youth with no apparent future. After being plucked from an Auckland street fight and dropped into his first kickboxing bout, Mark went on to achieve unprecedented success in Australian and New Zealand combat sports. In an ongoing career that has spanned the globe, Mark Hunt has been in some of the UFC, Pride and K-1's most memorable battles. But in some ways those fights pale in comparison to that which he has overcome out of the ring and cage. As fearless with his opinions as he is in the Octagon, Mark pulls no punches in revealing the highs and lows of his extraordinary life.
Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett’s specialty is the psychological autopsy – an investigation into a person’s life to determine whether a death was natural, accidental, suicide, or homicide. She calls herself a deadshrinker instead of a headshrinker: The silence of her “patients” is a key … View moreForensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett’s specialty is the psychological autopsy – an investigation into a person’s life to determine whether a death was natural, accidental, suicide, or homicide. She calls herself a deadshrinker instead of a headshrinker: The silence of her “patients” is a key part of the job’s attraction. When Jo is asked to do a psychological autopsy on a living person – one with a suspect memory who can’t be trusted to participate in his own medical care – she knows all her skills will be put to the test.
Jo is called to the scene of an aircraft inbound from London to help deal with a passenger who is behaving erratically. She figures out that he’s got anteretrograde amnesia, and can’t form new memories. As his thoughts drift away like tendrils of smoke, Jo finds herself racing to save a patient who can walk and talk yet can’t help her figure out just what happened to him. For every cryptic clue he is able to drag up from his memory, Jo has to sift through a dozen nonsensical statements. Suddenly a string of clues arises – something to do with a superdeadly biological agent code-named “Slick,” missing people, and a secret partnership gone horribly wrong. Jo realizes her patient’s addled mind may hold the key to preventing something terrible from happening in her beloved San Francisco. In order to prevent it, she will have to get deeper into the life of a patient than she ever has before, hoping the truth emerges from the fog of his mind in time to save her city – and herself.
From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author, a new legal thriller about a man who might be the most criminal sitting judge in American history. As an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, Lacy Stoltz sees plenty of corruption among the men and women elected to the … View moreFrom the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author, a new legal thriller about a man who might be the most criminal sitting judge in American history. As an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, Lacy Stoltz sees plenty of corruption among the men and women elected to the bench. In The Whistler, she took on a crime syndicate that was paying millions to a crooked judge. Now, in The Judge's List, the crimes are even worse. The man hiding behind the black robe is not taking bribes - but he may be taking lives. The Judge's List - you don't want to be on it. PRAISE FOR JOHN GRISHAM 'When Grisham gets in the courtroom he lets rip, drawing scenes so real they're not just alive, they're pulsating' Mirror 'A superb, instinctive storyteller' The Times 'Storytelling genius . . . he is in a league of his own' Daily Record 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 9 blockbuster films: NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM
Excellent condition.
The World Needs a New Hero . . . a tense and exciting new thriller from Gregg Hurwitz featuring Evan Smoak - aka Orphan X As Orphan-X, Evan Smoak was trained to be a secret government assassin - until he quit. As the Nowhere Man he's the guy to call if no one else can … View moreExcellent condition.
The World Needs a New Hero . . . a tense and exciting new thriller from Gregg Hurwitz featuring Evan Smoak - aka Orphan X As Orphan-X, Evan Smoak was trained to be a secret government assassin - until he quit. As the Nowhere Man he's the guy to call if no one else can help. He'll save you. But when a woman gets in touch claiming to be his mother, he can't know if his true family needs help or this is a trap. Has Evan's past reached out to claim him? Or is someone out to ensure he has no future?
Author Biography:
Gregg Hurwitz is the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Evan Smoak thrillers Orphan X, The Nowhere Man, Hellbent, Out of the Dark, Into the Fire, and Prodigal Son & Dark House. He is also the author of You're Next, The Survivor, Tell No Lies and Don't Look Back. He lives with his family in LA, where he also writes for the screen, TV and comics.
Have a Go Day for junior players year 7 to year 13 on Sunday 10th September at 10am. Bring your Mum or Dad or both and come along with a friend to Paraparaumu Croquet Club , Mazengarb Reserve, and enjoy a family outing with a game of croquet.
Almost complete set - great resource for community group, school , craft group activity, retirement home....
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