Christmas Community Pop-Up - Gift Wrapping, Performances & Kindness in Action Station
๐๐ Christmas cheer is taking over the CBD! ๐โจ
When: Saturday 16 - Thursday 21, 10am - 2pm
Where: Whangฤrei City Centre, Corner Cameron/John Street
๐๐The Christmas Community Pop-Up from 16 โ 21 December offers gift wrapping services for anyone buying presents in the CBD in the month of December. ๐๐
๐๐ญ๐ผEnjoy music, theatre and dance performances and workshops every day, as well as a Christmas Carol Competition on Thursday 21st, 12 - 1pm. ๐ผ๐ญ๐
๐๐And if you want to do something good for your community, give our our 5-minute-volunteering crafts at the Kindness in Action Station a go, or beautify our Community Christmas Tree!๐๐
๐ผ Sign up for our HIGH NOON CHRISTMAS CAROL COMPETITION on the 21st, Thursday, 12pm - 1pm: Sign up as a group by writing a email to verena@volunteeringnorthland.nz. Include your group name and prepare 2 holiday songs in any language! to bring on the day! ๐ผ
๐ ๐ปSTAGE PROGRAM WILL BE RELEASED CLOSER TO THE DATE! ๐ป๐
Poll: ๐ค What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: thereโs no such thing as a โsafeโ job anymore ๐๐
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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Some Choice News!
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, weโre 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 โ and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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