SPACE for babies from Sept - Jan 26
Space at St Hilda's Island Bay Anglican Church (for babies born Sept '25 - Jan '26) - starting Wednesday 4 February 2026 at 9:30am at 311 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington 6093
2 hours @ NZ$115.00 (This includes the Parenting place fee of $50).
Space at St Hilda’s seeks to support you and your baby during the beginning stages of your parenting relationship. Our trained facilitators bring a wealth of personal parental experience. Each week we will meet together, develop friendships, drink coffee (or tea) and support each other on our parenting journey. Please note we will don't operate during school holidays.
More info: ibhildas@gmail.com or go to the Parenting place website parentingplace.nz... and click on the Red Circle (Find a group), choose Wellington (from a choice of 3 centres) and follow the directions.
Seatoun Staying Safe Refresher Driving Course with Age Concern Wellington -25th Feb
Staying Safe is a classroom-based refresher workshop for senior road users. Age Concern runs these workshops in partnership with Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
The workshop aims to maintain and improve safe driving practices and increase the knowledge of other transport options available to help senior road users remain safely mobile.
The free interactive workshop runs for around 4 hours from 10am to around 2pm (sometimes finishes earlier) on Wednesday 25th Feb.
Morning tea and a light lunch provided.
Spaces at each workshop are limited so please register using the website link below or call us 04 4996646.
Poll: Should the government levy industries that contribute to financial hardship?
As reported in the Post, there’s a $30 million funding gap in financial mentoring. This has led to services closing and mentors stepping in unpaid just to keep helping people in need 🪙💰🪙
One proposed solution? Small levies on industries that profit from financial hardship — like banks, casinos, and similar companies.
So we want to hear what you think:
Should the government ask these industries to contribute?
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59.5% Yes, supporting people is important!
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26.1% No, individuals should take responsibility
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14.4% ... It is complicated
Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬
Make a hearty dish. Take just half a minute. Add four parts of kestrel. Then just add one. What have you made?
(Trev from Silverdale kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Trev!)
Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm on the day!
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