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Check out our showcase exhibition at Reyburn House - it's on for another week ending on the 13th. A chance to see what we get up to and perhaps find something to take home, as many of the prints are for sale or order.
Definitely worth a look. Open 10am to 4pm during the week. 2 to 4 pm on … View moreCheck out our showcase exhibition at Reyburn House - it's on for another week ending on the 13th. A chance to see what we get up to and perhaps find something to take home, as many of the prints are for sale or order.
Definitely worth a look. Open 10am to 4pm during the week. 2 to 4 pm on weekends.
If you make, bake, farm or fish something you would like to sell, consider being part of the
Parua Bay Farmers Market.
First market is 27th November (1-4 PM) at the Parua Bay Community Centre.
For more information, interested parties can email paruabayfm@gmail.com
It was a good start to the Afternoon Farmers market!
Not many stalls but enough for us to buy strawberries and lovely veggies and organic 🧀 cheese!
Will be back next week! 👍🏻
All of NZ’s coastline is at risk from tsunami. Take some time this weekend to make a plan with your family. If your street was evacuated where would you go? What would you take? What about pets? Do you have neighbours who might need your help?
In a local source tsunami we may only have a few … View moreAll of NZ’s coastline is at risk from tsunami. Take some time this weekend to make a plan with your family. If your street was evacuated where would you go? What would you take? What about pets? Do you have neighbours who might need your help?
In a local source tsunami we may only have a few minutes warning. Early warning saves lives. Know what to do and where to go. www.happens.nz...
In our recent Neighbourly discussions of the local elections I was one of the people in favour of introducing online voting. So I was quite surprised when I received my voting papers for the NEPT election and discovered that online voting was an available option. Great - I did my research, made up … View moreIn our recent Neighbourly discussions of the local elections I was one of the people in favour of introducing online voting. So I was quite surprised when I received my voting papers for the NEPT election and discovered that online voting was an available option. Great - I did my research, made up my mind who to vote for, and went online.
Well, it's probably a good example of how NOT to implement online voting :-(
The welcome page was nice enough, but the ballot page itself looked very crude and basic, as if the so-called style sheet, which defines the styles and visual elements of a web page, was broken or missing. But it was a secure website, so I ticked my boxes and sent it off ... and didn't get any kind of feedback if my vote had been received. Hmmm. So I decided to click on the link for the feedback page and wrote up all my issues and complaints and clicked on the send button ... only to receive a timeout after a minute or so. Well, it happens sometimes, so I tried again ... another timeout. I gave up.
I had written in my earlier posts that online voting needed to be done professionally and securely, to be acceptable. The NEPT voting website felt like shoddy work, done in a hurry and not tested properly. I'm pretty sure that my vote wasn't lost, at least as sure as if I had sent it in by mail, but a professional design, with a ballot page identical or at least very similar to the printed version, and a confirmation that the vote was received, plus a working feedback page is the minimum we voters should be able to expect.
Has anybody else voted online and had similar or different (better or worse) experiences?
This week in Pulse of the Nation, we're asking about property prices in your community. Do they concern you?
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At 253 Pataua South Road - Organic Eggs and other garden surplus ... Hens Eggs $8 dozen and Quail Eggs $5 a dozen available.
Need hints and tips on how to use quail eggs - I can show you how...
Do you have a working surplus to requirement computer suitable for kids homework needing a good home? .... Free or nearly free :)
This year has been an amazing year! ❤ and I am sending this out in the hopes of a little (operative word!) help... I have been up to some writing and research and I got my first book completed and published earlier this year. Since then (as a result of mum wanting to follow her fathers … View moreThis year has been an amazing year! ❤ and I am sending this out in the hopes of a little (operative word!) help... I have been up to some writing and research and I got my first book completed and published earlier this year. Since then (as a result of mum wanting to follow her fathers footsteps) I have undertaqken a pilgrimage that has led to my current project - I have come to the final stages in the reseach I am doing on my grandfather's WW2 Battle of Crete and POW journey - it is a monumental task and although the work rises up before me - it is a task I am enjoying!
However to complete these final stages I need to return to Crete and Crowthorne ... I am hoping I can do this in the summer school holiday period so it will not interfere with paid work which is something I must return to ...
I am writing a book transcribed from my grandfather's diary that starts at the point he left Kalamata in a row boat heading for Crete with only planks as oars...his words are complimented by my own that have been written on the same date 75 years later in the place he was ... to wrap all this up I have researched the historical facts given on this time and place to give a greater perspective on the situation. Finally the two (old) men (and their families) we met that were pivotal to all this are sharing what they know - since they never knew we existed prior to arriving in their neck of the woods - their stories and contributions are still in the pipeline.
However one of these men is very ill and due to his illness (terminal cancer) he has invited me to return to the UK to complete the final research he has undetaken on my project with him. While a return to the UK was in my plans the date was a way off as I need to return to paid work to save the money for this.
His request however has changed this and as the book I am writing is ultimately a gift to NZ history and will be given along with the original diary to Te Papa or to the NZ Military museum or the Dunedin Library I am calling for a little finacial assistance from everyone and anyone to make this journey possible.
If you think you could spare even the minimum Give-A-Little pledge and want to donate this to my work which involves this trip to the UK - I (and this man, especially) would be very grateful.
I understand if you can not or do not want to whatever the reasons.
I am rather - though - hoping you might just be able to Give-A-Little and be part of this very special journey I am tasked with. Thanks for reading - please share if you know others who might be interested.
The Give-A-Little page is here: givealittle.co.nz...
Thank you .....
Healthful Ways in Whangarei Heads Community Gala 2016
After a successful launch last year, a group of local natural health practitioners have created an annual community event to promote health, fitness and wellbeing in Whangarei Heads. The Healthful Ways Community Gala will be held on Saturday 5 … View moreHealthful Ways in Whangarei Heads Community Gala 2016
After a successful launch last year, a group of local natural health practitioners have created an annual community event to promote health, fitness and wellbeing in Whangarei Heads. The Healthful Ways Community Gala will be held on Saturday 5 November 2016 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Parua Bay Community Center. The expo will showcase the diversity of natural health options in the area, including Cranial Sacral Therapy, Bowen Therapy, Reiki, Massage, Acupuncture, Naturopathy as well as Yoga, Pilates, Nia Dance and Fitness. Visitors to the event will be able to discuss treatment modalities with stall holders providing information. Demonstrations and free classes will be held throughout the day along with raffles for a great bunch of healthy prizes. There will also be market stalls featuring nutritious and delicious food and other natural products. This year a kids play area will be introduced, as well as speakers on a range of healthy topics...
The Malayan Emergency is about my time spent in the SAS.
This book has never been published and is bound by hand.
To order please email me at dougie8284@gmail.com.
To help kiwis celebrate a long summer, relaxing weekends and fun times with friends, we have created the Summer BBQ Hamper. Plus everyone who enters the draw will get a discount off Ecobulb LED downlights. Enter here: ecobulb.leadpages.co...
How would you react if you were told you had breast cancer? It could happen to any one of us or some one we love. It's great to know there is support out there if and when we need it.
These brave ladies have faced that issue and now want to help others.
Read what they did!
Twelve … View moreHow would you react if you were told you had breast cancer? It could happen to any one of us or some one we love. It's great to know there is support out there if and when we need it.
These brave ladies have faced that issue and now want to help others.
Read what they did!
Twelve Northland women have become "calendar girls" to help fund raise for breast cancer support in Northland.
The women - all breast cancer survivors - feature in the Strength and Beauty calendar which was launched on October 28.
Why not support this good cause by buying a calendar from Regent New World or Sportman's Choice.
www.stuff.co.nz...
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