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1961 days ago

Beginners Spin Poi class at Kilbirnie Community Centre starts this week

Deb from Kilbirnie

Playing with poi is a lot of fun! SpinPoi can be done sitting or standing and is suitable for almost everyone. Inspired by traditional poi, it has been adapted by Dr Kate Riegle van West to be a safe and effective exercise, especially for older populations. On top of the usual benefits of exercise, typically people will see improvements in grip strength, attention, focus, balance and coordination. For more information on SpinPoi, and to see people playing with poi, go to www.spinpoi.com...

I am Wellington's first certified SpinPoi instructor. I have been taking a class on Zoom on Wednesday afternoons, and am thrilled to announce a live class starts this week.

Day: Thursdays, starting 22nd October
Time: Arrive between 4.45 and 4.55 for a 5pm start
Venue: Kilbirnie Community Centre hall
Cost: Koha

The class is suitable for beginners to intermediate. It will be 45 minutes long and we cover:
o Welcome, safety reminders and warm up
o Practice of basic poi movements
o In later sessions, we will start trying some more advanced movements
o Playtime! 20-25 minutes of poi to music
o Cool down

You don't need to book, and can just turn up. But if you want more information, either reply here or message me.
(Photo courtesy of the SpinPoi website)

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1 day ago

Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?

What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?

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If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓
  • 32.6% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
    32.6% Complete
  • 67.4% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
    67.4% Complete
233 votes
7 days ago

Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.

Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.

For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.

Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!

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3 hours ago

Gardening and section clearing

Ian Hamilton from Natures choice gardening services - Kilbirnie

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