Raumanga, Whangarei

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1019 days ago

Love it Here - Come and have a look Whangarei....

Alison Neighbourly Lead from Kamo

Welcome to Putahi....

The chosen name was Pūtahi, which means “a place where everyone can gather and enjoy themselves”. It was one of the top five selected from 93 that came in from the public when Council called for names that reflected the park’s significance.
The name of the new park … View more
Welcome to Putahi....

The chosen name was Pūtahi, which means “a place where everyone can gather and enjoy themselves”. It was one of the top five selected from 93 that came in from the public when Council called for names that reflected the park’s significance.
The name of the new park shows the significance of its site in the past, in the present and in the future.
Discussions with representatives of the hapu of the area, Te Parawhau and Ngati Kahu o Torongare, have covered its history and use in its earliest times, then history was gathered relating to European settlement and more recent times. These discussions included its complicated history of mana whenua and ownership through various reclamations, river diversions and land acquisition by different parties

All these factors were taken into consideration when the final name for the park was chosen.

Representatives from the Tangata Whenua of the area, and members of the project team considered all the proposals and created a shortlist of five suitable names, along with explanations of their relevance. The final name was selected by Whangarei Mayor Sheryl Mai and all Councillors.

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1017 days ago

Have your say on transforming recycling

Oliver Neighbourly Lead from One Tree Point

The Ministry for the Environment are consulting on three proposals to transform recycling:
- A container return scheme that encourages people to return their empty beverage containers for recycling
- Improvements to household kerbside recycling
- Separation of food scraps from general waste for … View more
The Ministry for the Environment are consulting on three proposals to transform recycling:
- A container return scheme that encourages people to return their empty beverage containers for recycling
- Improvements to household kerbside recycling
- Separation of food scraps from general waste for all businesses
Aotearoa New Zealand generates more than 17 million tonnes of waste each year. We send almost 13 million tonnes of that to landfill. This means that almost 76% of the material we use is completely wasted.
Please consider participating in the consultation and making a quick submission or providing detailed feedback.

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1017 days ago

New playground at Raumanga Valley Reserve?

The Team from Whangarei District Council

We are planning to build a new playground and toilet block at the Raumanga Valley Reserve and we want you to help us design it!

Here's an online survey - suitable for adults and kids - asking how you currently use the reserve and what you'd like to see next. What ages should we cater … View more
We are planning to build a new playground and toilet block at the Raumanga Valley Reserve and we want you to help us design it!

Here's an online survey - suitable for adults and kids - asking how you currently use the reserve and what you'd like to see next. What ages should we cater to?

🦄 www.wdc.govt.nz...

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1017 days ago

List, Sell, Give Hope!

Dolores Pieretto from Red Cross - Whangarei Service Centre

March is Red Cross Appeal month. During March, we raise funds to enable us to deliver services to the most vulnerable people in our communities. Services such as delivering Meals on Wheels, helping to settle new Kiwi's in Aotearoa New Zealand and training our Disaster Response volunteers to … View moreMarch is Red Cross Appeal month. During March, we raise funds to enable us to deliver services to the most vulnerable people in our communities. Services such as delivering Meals on Wheels, helping to settle new Kiwi's in Aotearoa New Zealand and training our Disaster Response volunteers to support with rescue and recovery during a disaster.... and more.

This year we are doing our appeal a bit differently and we need your help! Unfortunately, due to COVID-19 and the Red Traffic Light settings we can’t go ahead with our physical street collection so instead, we are partnering with Chooza to bring you our "List, Sell, Give Hope!" campaign.

It’s easy! You list it, someone else buys it and together you give hope by supporting New Zealand Red Cross. With your help, we can continue to support those most vulnerable in our communities when they need it most!

Check out www.chooza.com...... to find out more!

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1017 days ago

Pi Day

NumberWorks'nWords Whangarei

Pi Day is on March 14, and any day that combines fun, education, and pie is a day worth celebrating! Pi, also known by the Greek letter “π,” is a constant value used in math that represents the ratio of a circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is just about 3.14….15…9265359… … View morePi Day is on March 14, and any day that combines fun, education, and pie is a day worth celebrating! Pi, also known by the Greek letter “π,” is a constant value used in math that represents the ratio of a circumference of a circle to its diameter, which is just about 3.14….15…9265359… (and so on). Not only that, but the fourteenth of March is also Albert Einstein’s birthday, so all together it’s nothing short of a mathematician’s delight.

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1020 days ago

Bring the buzz: Free parking for 6 weeks.

The Team from Whangarei District Council

We're offering 🐝free🐝 parking for the next six weeks to help keep our Central Business District buzzing.

At an emergency meeting yesterday Councillors unanimously decided to cancel all parking charges in Council-owned parking spaces for up to six weeks starting Monday 14 March 2022. … View more
We're offering 🐝free🐝 parking for the next six weeks to help keep our Central Business District buzzing.

At an emergency meeting yesterday Councillors unanimously decided to cancel all parking charges in Council-owned parking spaces for up to six weeks starting Monday 14 March 2022.

“It's time to mask up, scan in, use sanitiser, and support local businesses" says Mayor Sheryl Mai, "They need us and we need them. Let's pull through this together and we can all rebuild in the good times that lie ahead."

“Businesses that rely on foot traffic have been doing it hard during the COVID pandemic and in the past two weeks especially, the central city has seen fewer people."

Parking will be free in all of Council’s off-street carparks, on-road metered parking spaces, the John Street Carparking Building and the John and James Street carparks managed for Council by Wilsons Parking.

❗🍭 We can't turn our mechanical "lollipop" meters off, so don’t put money in them unless you're feeling reeeallly generous.

Our ticket dispensers and MPark (our online parking) will be shut off during the campaign, and there will signage posted to support this message.

We are also asking people to play fair – this initiative is to get people back to positive routines of shopping local, eating from our lovely local food businesses and enjoying our public spaces. If you work in town, please park where you normally would and leave the parks outside your shop for customers.

Our wardens will still be out there checking that people move on after the allotted time and ticketing where necessary – the idea is to keep things moving, bring the buzz, inject energy and life as people come in, go about their business and head off again.

Our contribution is the equivalent of about $240,000 in lost parking income, but we reckon visitors will spend that and much more at local businesses.

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1023 days ago

How do you like your meat cooked?

Kristi Neighbourly Lead from Tikipunga

Medium rare?

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1019 days ago

Get ahead - buy heat patches early.

LIC

LIC's heat detection patches can improve accuracy as you lead into AI and help you identify more cows in heat. Set yourself up for success early and check one job off the list ahead of time - you'll thank yourself later.

Talk to your Agri Manager about ordering heat detection patches … View more
LIC's heat detection patches can improve accuracy as you lead into AI and help you identify more cows in heat. Set yourself up for success early and check one job off the list ahead of time - you'll thank yourself later.

Talk to your Agri Manager about ordering heat detection patches early for your herd or buy direct via the LIC Online Shop.
Shop now

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1019 days ago

Can you help Red Cross Shops?

The Team from Red Cross Shop Whangarei

Red Cross is urgently looking for volunteers to help support our shop teams to keep our doors open for valued customers. If you love charity and retail and have a few hours to spare each week, then please click on the link below to find out more on volunteering, or to apply.

To protect our … View more
Red Cross is urgently looking for volunteers to help support our shop teams to keep our doors open for valued customers. If you love charity and retail and have a few hours to spare each week, then please click on the link below to find out more on volunteering, or to apply.

To protect our teams, all our staff and volunteers need to practice physical distancing, be fully vaccinated, wear face masks and follow increased hygiene standards.

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1020 days ago

Steve Storm and the Tables of Doom!

NumberWorks'nWords Whangarei

NumberWorks'nWords Arcade is a gallery of fun games for practising and consolidating Maths & English skills. They help reinforce the concepts taught in our face-to-face tutoring programmes. As with our tuition - they make learning fun! Anyone can use our Arcade. Just click on the link. Can… View moreNumberWorks'nWords Arcade is a gallery of fun games for practising and consolidating Maths & English skills. They help reinforce the concepts taught in our face-to-face tutoring programmes. As with our tuition - they make learning fun! Anyone can use our Arcade. Just click on the link. Can you get on the high score board?

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1020 days ago

Shape shifter

The Team from Resene ColorShop Whangarei

Create one-of-a-kind artwork that’s inexpensive, eye-catching and easily made with simple shapes painted with Resene paints.

Find out how to create your own.

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1021 days ago

Civics Education

Stephen from Central Whangarei

Hi

There has been a petition just started to include civics education in schools.

www.stuff.co.nz...

I am not associated with organising it, but am in favour as it may help our democracy if more people understand how that works. The link to it is in sentence 2.

1020 days ago

Is your cost of living rapidly rising?

The Team from NZ Compare

The affordability of everyday items just keeps increasing! If it’s not the petrol prices, it’s the cost of food, rent or the mortgage and let’s not get started on the kids.

There’s one cost you can control! The household power and broadband bills. Read our top 5 reasons how comparing … View more
The affordability of everyday items just keeps increasing! If it’s not the petrol prices, it’s the cost of food, rent or the mortgage and let’s not get started on the kids.

There’s one cost you can control! The household power and broadband bills. Read our top 5 reasons how comparing them, will help your household save money!

Kiwis don’t like switching much; we get worried or just fed up trying to make more hard decisions. It’s easy as though, we’ll help!

Our service is free, we’re Kiwis helping Kiwis compare what’s out there across PowerBroadband, and Money.
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1021 days ago

WANTED

Alison Neighbourly Lead from Kamo

Moth plant pods! Back by popular demand, there is now a skip located at @Parua Bay Community Centre for you to get rid of your pesky pods. And to dangle a carrot we're giving away 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize vouchers to Parua Bay Pub for those of you who post pictures of your piles of pods to our … View moreMoth plant pods! Back by popular demand, there is now a skip located at @Parua Bay Community Centre for you to get rid of your pesky pods. And to dangle a carrot we're giving away 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize vouchers to Parua Bay Pub for those of you who post pictures of your piles of pods to our Facebook page. From the FB posts, 3 will be chosen. Please respect the initiative and only place pods in the bin! Ngā mihi maioha
www.facebook.com...
weedaction.org.nz...

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1028 days ago

Leave us a comment and be in to WIN!

Wasp Wipeout

Hi there Northland,

Want to do your bit for Wasp Wipeout this year?

Our friends at Expra have given us 50 Stop Wasps Surface Spray cans to give exclusively to Neighbourly members this year!

Expra’s spray kills wasps on contact, eliminates nests and provides a safe jet spray up to four … View more
Hi there Northland,

Want to do your bit for Wasp Wipeout this year?

Our friends at Expra have given us 50 Stop Wasps Surface Spray cans to give exclusively to Neighbourly members this year!

Expra’s spray kills wasps on contact, eliminates nests and provides a safe jet spray up to four metres for easy extermination.

It’s easy to enter, just leave a comment on this post and you’re in the draw!

Competition closes 10 March 2022. All winners will be notified via email.

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