Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa

1673 days ago

Give this a 'like' if you visited the Gluepot!

The Team from Auckland Museum

This year New Zealand Music Month will be a little different. There will be no live gigs (in person at least) and no congregating in our favourite music venues to celebrate the wonder of local music together. These times will come again. But like many others, the music industry will be challenged … View moreThis year New Zealand Music Month will be a little different. There will be no live gigs (in person at least) and no congregating in our favourite music venues to celebrate the wonder of local music together. These times will come again. But like many others, the music industry will be challenged by the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact.

To show our support for New Zealand music we are sharing some of our favourite posters showcasing Auckland bands and iconic Auckland music venues. These posters offer a glimpse into Auckland’s anarchic, door-kicking punk and new-wave scenes that stomped their way into the city’s late 70s - early 80s musical landscape.

These posters also show how music venues changed and morphed over time, shedding their previous identities and inhabiting new ones. For example, the iconic Edinburgh Castle Hotel on the corner of Symonds Street and Newton Road has had many identities over its 160 years and for the briefest of moments, it was the “notorious” Liberty Stage.

New Zealand Music Month celebrates 20 years this year. For this, and plenty more NZ Music Month discoveries, take a look here.
See the posters

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1674 days ago

North Auckland house fire: Man with 'heart of gold' dies with dog Buddy

Danielle Clent Reporter from Rodney Times

Hi neighbours, a man who died in a house fire at the weekend will be remembered for having a hard exterior but the soul of an artist.
Terrence William Riley, 73, died on Saturday evening when a fire engulfed his family home in flames on Birdsall Rd in north Auckland's Whangateau.
His … View more
Hi neighbours, a man who died in a house fire at the weekend will be remembered for having a hard exterior but the soul of an artist.
Terrence William Riley, 73, died on Saturday evening when a fire engulfed his family home in flames on Birdsall Rd in north Auckland's Whangateau.
His 6-year-old fox terrier, Buddy, died with him.

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1674 days ago

Celebrate a special mum and win!

Evelyn Page Retirement Village

Did your mum transform rainy days into hot chocolate and bad moods into giggles?
Show you care, whether she’s with you or far away.
Enter our Mother’s Day competition before 6 May 2020 for a chance to win!

Too many memories to choose from? Here’s our team with some inspiration.

Follow this … View more
Did your mum transform rainy days into hot chocolate and bad moods into giggles?
Show you care, whether she’s with you or far away.
Enter our Mother’s Day competition before 6 May 2020 for a chance to win!

Too many memories to choose from? Here’s our team with some inspiration.

Follow this link to enter our competition.

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1674 days ago

Lock Down Deals

Timothy Riedel from Peninsula Property Wash

New Contactless Service

We are in unprecedented times. Peninsula Property Wash have been working hard and exhausting every resource to ensure the future of our business.

 There is no guarantee of survival for small businesses during these unprecedented times. But we are not giving up.

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New Contactless Service

We are in unprecedented times. Peninsula Property Wash have been working hard and exhausting every resource to ensure the future of our business.

 There is no guarantee of survival for small businesses during these unprecedented times. But we are not giving up.

Peninsula Property Wash wouldn’t be here without your support. We only exist because of you. We know you can spend your dollar anywhere. Now, more than ever we are grateful for you spending it with us.

We would like to offer a Lock down,
Repeat Customer & New Customer Special
35% Off Gutter Cleans and 25% Off all Exterior Washing

As gratitude for your support + for every Job Invoiced, We will donate $5 dollars to a charity of your choice that are in some way helping New Zealanders through COVD_19

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We are working under the NZ COVID-19 protocol for level 3 and offering a Contact less Service for Start to Finish

Get the gutters done before the winter to avoid costly flooding damage and clean slippery decks and paths to avoid accidents. Get in touch today today!!

Phone: 02041418705 or 09 929 7500
Email: info@peninsulapropertywash.co.nz

Hope you and your family are staying healthy and safe during these uncertain and unprecedented times.

Kind Regards,
Peninsula Property Wash

1675 days ago

Join Healthy For Life - a new programme for over 65s

The Team from ACC New Zealand

Do you want to be healthy for life? Join us this Saturday 9am on TVNZ 1.

Hosted by Bernice Mene, Healthy for Life is designed to help over 65 year olds work on their strength and balance through an exercise programme called the Super7.

All done from the comfort of your bubble, this show … View more
Do you want to be healthy for life? Join us this Saturday 9am on TVNZ 1.

Hosted by Bernice Mene, Healthy for Life is designed to help over 65 year olds work on their strength and balance through an exercise programme called the Super7.

All done from the comfort of your bubble, this show provides great tips for staying safe in the home, keeping your brain active, how to keep up your social links and friendships and advice about healthy eating and sleep during this time.

Healthy for Life is available on TVNZ OnDemand, or screens this Saturday at 9AM on TVNZ 1.

Find out more at Live Stronger for Longer.
Exercise safely at home

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1677 days ago

NEW! SuperSeniors Newsletter COVID-19 special edition

Office for Seniors

Hi Neighbours!

The new SuperSeniors e-Newsletter is available on our website NOW! This e-Newsletter includes the additional guidance for what seniors can do during Alert Level 3 and information from the Student Volunteer Army and Age Concern about the services they are offering.

It also has … View more
Hi Neighbours!

The new SuperSeniors e-Newsletter is available on our website NOW! This e-Newsletter includes the additional guidance for what seniors can do during Alert Level 3 and information from the Student Volunteer Army and Age Concern about the services they are offering.

It also has the details on the Winter Energy Payment that starts again today!

Click here to read: bit.ly...

To get our Newsletter emailed to you, if you receive the NZ Super or Veteran’s Pension, update your email in MyMSD here: my.msd.govt.nz...

If you do not receive either of these entitlements but you want to receive our Newsletter you can subscribe here: bit.ly...

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1679 days ago

Blessing and Billy, Catsncare Rescued Kittens

Paulette from Orewa

We want to thank everyone who posted their compassionate support for our foster kittens Blessing and Billy needing an extraordinary very loving adoptive family, especially because little Blessing was found clinically blind from human abuse. We are absolutely thrilled that Blessing and Billy, and … View moreWe want to thank everyone who posted their compassionate support for our foster kittens Blessing and Billy needing an extraordinary very loving adoptive family, especially because little Blessing was found clinically blind from human abuse. We are absolutely thrilled that Blessing and Billy, and their beautiful playmates Frankie and Fern have been adopted by a remarkable loving family on a large rural property. We will all be there as extended family supporting Blessing when she has her eye surgery next March with Peter Collinson and all be together for her when she sees for the first time. A beautiful life ahead for all of them. Paulette and Graham, Catsncare Fosterers.

1676 days ago

Find your new favourite artworks online

The Team from Resene ColorShop Silverdale

For the first time in its history, this year will see the Auckland Art Fair go online. From 11am NZST on Thursday 30 April until Sunday 17 May, Artfair.co.nz will be hosting a Virtual Art Fair where you will discover more than 30 galleries from New Zealand and Australia displaying works that would … View moreFor the first time in its history, this year will see the Auckland Art Fair go online. From 11am NZST on Thursday 30 April until Sunday 17 May, Artfair.co.nz will be hosting a Virtual Art Fair where you will discover more than 30 galleries from New Zealand and Australia displaying works that would have otherwise been seen at the 2020 Auckland Art Fair.

The Virtual Art Fair is in recognition of the artists who have already made special works for the Auckland Art Fair that couldn’t happen, and the galleries who have supported them in doing so.

“It comes at a time of global uncertainty, when the importance of art, community and culture are especially apparent,” their team said in a recent statement.

The Auckland Art Fair is designed to be “a celebration – as best we can – of the talent and diversity of art making by artists from our region; not only across New Zealand and Australia, but also around the wider Pacific-rim. We hope that, wherever possible, some of these artists and galleries will be supported by someone buying a work of art.”

Browse, look, enquire and consider as you get to know new galleries and artists in support of contemporary culture at a time when the artists and galleries really need it.

Find out more at www.artfair.co.nz.

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1677 days ago

Congratulations to our winner

The Team from Readers Tours

A huge thank you to everyone who completed our website questionnaire.

⭐️ Congratulations to our $50 Prezzy Card winner, Christine ⭐️

We were overwhelmed by the responses and look forward to making the necessary changes to improve our website experience.

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1677 days ago

Help your local cafe

Dion from Stanmore Bay

Please join me in helping our local cafe Break Time.

Now open for takeaway coffee and an amazing food.

Corner of Whangaparaoa road and Karepiro Drive behind the Wendy’s.

One of Aucklands best kept secrets.

You’re welcome

1677 days ago

Paint a wooden chair

The Team from Resene ColorShop Silverdale

Take one plain wooden dining chair and make it a stand-alone statement piece with two Resene colours. You don’t always need a full set of dining chairs; they can be statement pieces all on their own!

You could use a chair like this in a home office, as a plant stand, or as a bedside table for … View more
Take one plain wooden dining chair and make it a stand-alone statement piece with two Resene colours. You don’t always need a full set of dining chairs; they can be statement pieces all on their own!

You could use a chair like this in a home office, as a plant stand, or as a bedside table for your books and lamp. Painting one chair is an easy way to inject a bit of colour into a room too.

Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene.

Find out how to create your own.

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1677 days ago

You asked, we answered!

The Team from Auckland Museum

Recently, we put out a call on our social media channels for Kiwi kids to submit their burning questions about Auckland Museum. We received queries about everything from dinosaurs to war memorial to natural science. Here are our curators' replies to some of those tough questions.

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Recently, we put out a call on our social media channels for Kiwi kids to submit their burning questions about Auckland Museum. We received queries about everything from dinosaurs to war memorial to natural science. Here are our curators' replies to some of those tough questions.

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Discover more answers to questions you never even knew you had over at our Auckland Museum at Home hub!

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