517 days ago

Irish Interest Group - Lower North Island Education Day

Donna Bridgeman from Irish Interest Group - Lower North Island

The date for your diary for the next Irish Interest Group Lower North Island Education Day is 12 October. The Programme for the day is
10.00 a.m Doors open - Registration and coffee/tea
10.30 a.m Graeme McVerry - Mapping Your Irish Ancestors

11.15 a.m Break
11.30 a.m 1st talk by Sean Brosnahan - Irish Immigration in the 19th century: New Zealand and the Global Diaspora
12.30 - Lunch
1.15 p.m - Sean Brosnahan's 2nd talk - An Gorta Mor: The Shadow of the Great Irish Famine and New Zealand's Pioneer Generation
2.15 p.m - Q & A Forum
3.00 PM CLOSE

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More messages from your neighbours
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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1 hour ago

Gardening and section clearing

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22 hours 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? 🛻🚨🚓
  • 34% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
    34% Complete
  • 66% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
    66% Complete
203 votes