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The team at Signature Homes Nelson & Tasman wants to keep you entertained while at home with a free digital copy of our latest home design magazine, full of real stories from Kiwi homeowners.
If you’re thinking of building new, or just looking for some inspiration, Signature Style is a … View moreThe team at Signature Homes Nelson & Tasman wants to keep you entertained while at home with a free digital copy of our latest home design magazine, full of real stories from Kiwi homeowners.
If you’re thinking of building new, or just looking for some inspiration, Signature Style is a must-read! We have a wide range of House & Land Packages and home designs to suit your taste, budget, section and lifestyle.
We look forward to reconnecting with the community very soon, in the meantime please click to get your free digital copy of our magazine.
Simon & Jodie Bixley
Signature Homes Nelson & Tasman
ShieldsUp is a volunteer driven initiative of over 500 Kiwis, 3D printing, manufacturing and distributing face shields to our medical and emergency heroes across the country facing Covid-19 head on.
Within two weeks, we have delivered over 5,000 face shields, but we are still hearing the calls … View moreShieldsUp is a volunteer driven initiative of over 500 Kiwis, 3D printing, manufacturing and distributing face shields to our medical and emergency heroes across the country facing Covid-19 head on.
Within two weeks, we have delivered over 5,000 face shields, but we are still hearing the calls of many. As the government and DHB’s publicly assure us that all necessary equipment is readily accessible, the demand for our face shields continues to grow daily, with requests for 30,000 shields.
If you would like to help us help them, sign up to volunteer at shieldsup.org.nz, or make a donation to ensure we can continue to produce and distribute our shields to protect our frontline heroes.
ShieldsUp, offering protection to Kiwi’s against COVID-19.
Enjoy the warm sunny Days, it’s colder in the early mornings and when the sun goes down. Those that are about are you able to take a little walk, or enjoy a good book in the Sunshine. Anybody missing a chat or needing a call or help please leave a message, text/phone. Even send an mail to the … View moreEnjoy the warm sunny Days, it’s colder in the early mornings and when the sun goes down. Those that are about are you able to take a little walk, or enjoy a good book in the Sunshine. Anybody missing a chat or needing a call or help please leave a message, text/phone. Even send an mail to the Group email address; several of us in last few days been trying to find accommodation for someone. But maybe you need shopping - we are not far away.
strengthtogethernelson@gmail.com
Anahera and Velma Vermaat are counting down the days until the end of the four-week lockdown period, there are 16 to go.
Recreate a classic game in an unconventional format using Resene testpots to paint your own dominoes. Smooth rocks, like those found on the beach or in a river bed, work best for this project.
Take the kids out to search for ones that lay flat and are generally round or oblong in shape. If you … View moreRecreate a classic game in an unconventional format using Resene testpots to paint your own dominoes. Smooth rocks, like those found on the beach or in a river bed, work best for this project.
Take the kids out to search for ones that lay flat and are generally round or oblong in shape. If you don’t live near water, you should be able to get some from your local garden supply store.
Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene.
Find out how to create your own rock domino set.
Hi neighbours! SOS Business was set up to help local businesses in your community. It means you can buy gift cards from your favourite cafés, restaurants and service providers and then redeem them when they re-open after lockdown.
You can play a special part helping small businesses stay … View moreHi neighbours! SOS Business was set up to help local businesses in your community. It means you can buy gift cards from your favourite cafés, restaurants and service providers and then redeem them when they re-open after lockdown.
You can play a special part helping small businesses stay afloat during this time. Spread the word to your friends and family so that we can help as many local businesses as we can.
Thanks for being a great neighbour by being a lifeline for businesses in your community.
PS - in case you were wondering, due to the success of SOS Café, and the number of other service businesses now on the Platform, the team have rebranded to SOS Business – Save Our Small Business!
With just one day's notice, some of Nelson's homeless were out on the streets without even a tent. Local Civil Defence and various community organisers have provided them safe shelter during the lockdown.
If you’d like help to quit, our free Stop Smoking Service can support you by telephone, from the safety of your own home. Quit coaches are here for you throughout the lockdown. Just call 0800 NO SMOKE or email smokefree@nmdhb.govt.nz.
The team at Signature Homes Nelson & Tasman wants to keep you entertained while at home with a free digital copy of our latest home design magazine, full of real stories from Kiwi homeowners.
If you’re thinking of building new, or just looking for some inspiration, Signature Style is a … View moreThe team at Signature Homes Nelson & Tasman wants to keep you entertained while at home with a free digital copy of our latest home design magazine, full of real stories from Kiwi homeowners.
If you’re thinking of building new, or just looking for some inspiration, Signature Style is a must-read! We have a wide range of House & Land Packages and home designs to suit your taste, budget, section and lifestyle.
We look forward to reconnecting with the community very soon, in the meantime please click to get your free digital copy of our magazine.
Simon & Jodie Bixley
Signature Homes Nelson & Tasman.
Nelson City Council is considering a zero per cent rates rise, two days after Tasman District Council announced it was eyeing a similar freeze.
The rain that fell on Tuesday was not enough for a loosening of water restrictions across a swath of Tasman District with some permit holders in line for tougher limits from Monday.
If you think the air over Richmond seems clearer since the nation went into lockdown, you're right. Monitoring data shows a 60 per cent drop in coarser pollution particles since the lockdown, believed to be linked to a decrease in traffic.
Police say travel over Easter should be for essential purposes only - and that people shouldn't be driving out to the bach or to visit family out of town.
This was an item I read on newshub.co.nz a couple of days ago. It got me thinking that a little bit of satirical humour would (hopefully) be appreciated by my neighbours.
Woman shares simple trick to make a bottle of milk last longer during lockdown
“(O)ne Australian woman has shared a … View moreThis was an item I read on newshub.co.nz a couple of days ago. It got me thinking that a little bit of satirical humour would (hopefully) be appreciated by my neighbours.
Woman shares simple trick to make a bottle of milk last longer during lockdown
“(O)ne Australian woman has shared a simple trick that allows a single bottle of milk to go much further and prevent wastage. Danielle Chapman says by pouring milk into ice cube trays or bags, you can simply pop one out into your hot coffee or tea as required.”
[Source: newshub.co.nz; accessed 2 Apr20]
We reached out to various groups to provide some New Zealand context to this breaking news from the land of the dingo, wombat and mean minded politicians. This is our report.
The Prime Minister emoted some of her inexhaustible empathy to tea drinkers but signaled that making ice in trays for gins & tonic is a more appropriate use of ice cube trays. “I hate to burst milk-with-tea tea drinkers bubbles, and I feel your pain, but frozen milk in tea is not the sort of thing my colleagues and I can tolerate. It is just not us”, she said, before zooming off to another meeting.
The Director General of Health offered a personal view that using frozen cubes of milk in tea is “both an abomination and a waste of resources”. He has asked the police to consider banning the use of frozen milk in tea and is considering an educational programme aimed at getting citizens to consume more gin and tonic with ice, made in trays. “This will lessen the supply of receptacles for freezing milk and thus stamp out what could become an epidemic of bad tasting tea if allowed to spread in the community”, he suggested.
The Leader of the Opposition was naturally opposed to everything but said that gin, tonic, tea, milk, coffee and Chinese fridge manufacturers were feeling financial pain at present and urged the government to provide generous subsidies to those industries. “This would have a number of benefits,” he said. “It would enable employers to keep paying minimum wages to their workers while ensuring supply met the market at prices that provided a reasonable profit. This will help reduce incidences of understandable price gouging which places an unfair end-year tax burden on the most important people in our society. Those who vote for my party.”
We also reached out to the independent MP for Botany. “There is clear evidence that this is a story created by the Chinese fridge industry and the National Party to destroy a New Zealand way of life, unfrozen milk in tea”, the MP said. Unfortunately his tape recorder started playing up at that stage and his following comments were too garbled to understand.
The Green Party is reportedly appalled at the idea of frozen milk in tea. Its law and order spokesperson stated that people who advocate this sort of thing must really be stoned. In response, the leader of the ACT Party called his caucus together and said that he was in “almost unanimous agreement with himself” that if the Greens were advocating people should really be stoned to the point of death then “checks and balances needed to be in place to ensure this was done voluntarily.” One of the heads at NORML agreed somewhat with ACT. “I especially like the idea of being stoned voluntarily, but we need to draw the line at the death bit. That really is one toke over the line,” he exhaled.
An anonymous source advised that Federated Farmers (Dairy Division) has begun lobbying the government to provide a free in-milk cow to all citizens, one per bubble. This will also help spread Herd Immunity & Virus Eradication Syndrome (HIVES) throughout the country. This suggestion received strong support from the Association of Honey Producers. "The more hives there are in the country the better, I reckon. We would definitely be for that", one beekeeper said.
A spokesperson for a vegan collective, the Vegetables and Grains Union of Employees (VAGUE), is calling for Almond, Legume and Melon Supplements (ALMS) to be distributed to everyone as a replacement for milk. “Our members all work voluntarily and without pay”, she said, “and this will provide them with continuity of employment while giving all cows a bit of a break from the twice daily grind of milk tithing.”
Finally, the Minister of Health has offered to deliver pre-melted ice by mountain bike to people lacking freezer space. He has assured the Prime Minister that he is well known as a bit of a tosser and will keep a two metre throwing distance away from any bubble during delivery runs. “I can assure the people of New Zealand that because of my organisational skills, this will be like a walk in the park for me, and I sincerely make no apology for that,” was his concluding remark.
Hey neighbours, it was great to see so many of you at our live lunch with NZ Home and Garden and NZ Gardener editors Naomi Larkin and Jo McCarroll. Thanks for stopping by :)
If you missed it, you can still drop in for a recap and see if Jo and Naomi answered your questions, here.
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