Our services at Alert Level 3
Northland region moves to Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm Thursday 2 September 2021. At Alert Level 3 we provide the following services:
🟢 Rubbish and recycling collection
🟢 Drinking water
🟢 Wastewater
🟢 Roads
🟢 Parks and reserves and walking trails (please keep physical distance from people outside your "bubble")
🟢 Public toilets (to a reduced level)
🟢 Cemeteries
🟢 Animal control for dangerous dogs and wandering stock
🟢 Noise control - with limitations
🟢 Te Matau a Pohe Bridge lifting
Our call centre will still be open 24-hours, every day:
✆ 09 430 4200 or 0800 932 463.
The following services will be provided to a limited degree, subject to safety measures, masks and physical distancing:
🟠 Transfer stations (winter hours schedule)
🟠 Building inspections
🟠 Resource consent inspections
🟠 Some roadworks
🟠 Some regulatory inspections
🟠 Jetties open
🟠 Free parking
🟠 Library book loans extended until libraries open again
🟠 Public facilities closed
The following public facilities are closed:
❌ Playgrounds
❌ Forum North and Ruakaka Customer Service Centre
❌ Libraries
❌ i-Sites and the Hub
❌ Water Laboratory (public access)
❌ Clapham’s Clocks
❌ Botanica
❌ Dog Parks
❌ Aquatic Centre
❌ Art Museum
❌ Kiwi North
❌ Quarry Gardens
❌ Skateparks
❌ Bike park
❌ Boat ramps
❌ Semenoff Stadium
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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62.5% Summer
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36% Winter
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1.5% Other - I'll share below
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Best way to use leftovers?
I'm sure you've got some excess ham at home or cold roast potatoes.
What are some of your favourite ways to use leftover food from Christmas day? Share below.
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