Onehunga, Auckland

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Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

In this week’s issue we go undercover with tips and tools for glasshouses. It’s time to make your bird-friendly garden count, prune fruit trees, watch out for frosty weather, move seedlings under cover and pick celery before disease strikes.
Plus make your own hanging chandelier planter and … View moreIn this week’s issue we go undercover with tips and tools for glasshouses. It’s time to make your bird-friendly garden count, prune fruit trees, watch out for frosty weather, move seedlings under cover and pick celery before disease strikes.
Plus make your own hanging chandelier planter and follow Jane Packer’s advice to decorate your kitchen and dining spaces with flowers. Be in to win Jane Packer Flowers and the NZ House & Garden July issue.

Delivered every Friday to your email inbox, Get Growing digital magazine offers seasonal gardening advice from the NZ Gardener magazine's team of experts. Each week we answer all your burning questions on raising fruit and veges and tell you the top tasks to do in your backyard this weekend. Subscribe here:

HMNZS Aotearoa: captain ecstactic after huge Navy ship finally arrives in NZ

George Block Reporter from Central Leader

Cash for your wrecked car. Support your local business

Universal Auto Parts

Universal Auto Parts are back in business and as a local wrecker, we are happy to provide you with the best cash offer for your unused cars. Nationwide Pickup. Call today 0800 500 001.

Maintaining a safe distance, single man towing, washing hands regularly in the yard, sanitizer in the towing … View moreUniversal Auto Parts are back in business and as a local wrecker, we are happy to provide you with the best cash offer for your unused cars. Nationwide Pickup. Call today 0800 500 001.

Maintaining a safe distance, single man towing, washing hands regularly in the yard, sanitizer in the towing truck, mask and gloves on at all times.

Universal Auto Parts are offering the best rates in the market to pick up the old cars for the next one month due to COVID19 situation.

Support your local buyer. Instant cash. Best rates guaranteed for your unwanted cars and free removal of cars.

Instant Cash for your wrecked car

For best quotes. Call us 0800 500 001. Find out more

Will Auckland's drought threaten your job?

Todd Niall Reporter from Auckland Stuff

Hi Neighbours, No respite is forecast for Auckland's worst drought, and new analysis suggests thousands of jobs could be affected if restrictions tighten on businesses. Read the story below:

Top cop slams alcohol-fuelled disorder in Auckland CBD

Caroline Williams Reporter from Central Leader

Auckland police have expressed disappointment after a flurry of alcohol-fuelled disorders in the CBD…

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Free webinar: Funding update & options

Cathy McIntosh from Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board

Register now!

Join us online to listen, learn and refresh your knowledge on the current funding landscape in New Zealand, funding opportunities your community group might explore in this recovery phase and the latest local board funding round.

Tuesday June 30 11am - 12pm

This webinar is ideal … View moreRegister now!

Join us online to listen, learn and refresh your knowledge on the current funding landscape in New Zealand, funding opportunities your community group might explore in this recovery phase and the latest local board funding round.

Tuesday June 30 11am - 12pm

This webinar is ideal for community groups, social enterprises and charities working or based in the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board area (Onehunga, One Tree Hill, Royal Oak, Oranga, Mt Wellington, Penrose, Te Pāpapa, Panmure, Glen Innes, Riverside, Pt England, Wai-o-Taiki).

To receive your Zoom link for this webinar, please send your name, organisation name and address to CommunityEmpowerment@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz.

Seeking Harbour Bridge stories

The Team from Auckland Museum

Did you walk across the Auckland Harbour Bridge when it first opened in 1959? Work on the construction of the clip-on lanes in 1969? Collect tolls from drivers until the bridge became free in 1984?

We’re researching stories for our Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland exhibition opening … View moreDid you walk across the Auckland Harbour Bridge when it first opened in 1959? Work on the construction of the clip-on lanes in 1969? Collect tolls from drivers until the bridge became free in 1984?

We’re researching stories for our Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland exhibition opening next year and want to hear from anyone with early memories of the Auckland Harbour Bridge and how it changed life for Aucklanders, especially on the North Shore.

Email us at haveyoursay@aucklandmuseum.com if you have an interesting story you’d like to share.

Cash for your wrecked car! Call us 0800 500 001

The Team from AAA Auto Parts

Hi neighbours,

Do you have a vehicle that is taking up space and becoming an eyesore? At AAA Auto Parts we dismantle and wreck cars. We will pay top cash whether your car is dead or alive!

* $300 - $3000 for small cars
* $700 - $10,000 for 4x4 utes, vans, 4WD, trucks and buses
* Same day … View moreHi neighbours,

Do you have a vehicle that is taking up space and becoming an eyesore? At AAA Auto Parts we dismantle and wreck cars. We will pay top cash whether your car is dead or alive!

* $300 - $3000 for small cars
* $700 - $10,000 for 4x4 utes, vans, 4WD, trucks and buses
* Same day removal
* Free quotes over the phone

We will beat any prices in the market by 10%.

Support your local business.
Give us a call on ** 0800 50 00 01 ** and we will be happy to have a chat. Enquire now

Wildlife selfie safari at the museum

The Team from Auckland Museum

The school holidays are fast approaching and now that we're in Level 1 we've got an action-packed programme for you and your family to enjoy.

Whether you'd like to discover wildlife in the Museum with our Wildlife Selfie Safari, look at stunning images from the … View moreThe school holidays are fast approaching and now that we're in Level 1 we've got an action-packed programme for you and your family to enjoy.

Whether you'd like to discover wildlife in the Museum with our Wildlife Selfie Safari, look at stunning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition or get creative by making paper stars to add to our Matariki mural, come and spend the holidays with us! Learn more

Baby or Pet gate for sale - good condition

Lucinda Neighbourly Lead from Mangere

***SOLD***

If you have toddlers or pets you would like to keep safe, this gate will help.

You can find extension pieces online but this one measures: 114cm wide (but adjustable screws help it to fit snugly within a standard door frame.
Height is 73cm.

It has a safety clip you can open … View more***SOLD***

If you have toddlers or pets you would like to keep safe, this gate will help.

You can find extension pieces online but this one measures: 114cm wide (but adjustable screws help it to fit snugly within a standard door frame.
Height is 73cm.

It has a safety clip you can open one-handed and the gate opens in either direction. Shuts automatically behind you.

The bars won’t allow heads to get stuck (unless pets are very small).

Buyer must collect from Mangere.

Thank you.

Auckland drought: Rainwater tank fee slashed to encourage water collection

Ripu Bhatia Reporter from Central Leader

A fee on installing rainwater tanks at home has been dropped to encourage water collection in a drou…

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Winter energy saving tips

The team from EnergySmart - Auckland

The weather is noticeably cooler, the nights are drawing in and power bills are slowly increasing.
We have put together a list of tips on how you can keep your home warm and cosy without breaking the bank.

heaters for sale

Alan from Mangere

Various heaters large, small, medium. Fan and oil fin. Make a sensible offer and it could be yours.
Not all heaters in picture, will try for another couple of pics later.

Negotiable

#AotearoaOfKindness: Mobilising the kindness DNA

Sarah Macdonald from Volunteering New Zealand

Volunteering New Zealand is mobilising the kindness DNA with our new #AotearoaOfKindness campaign for National Volunteer Week!

We're calling on people to share their stories of acts of kindness. We're calling on people to thank those who have shown acts of kindness that contribute to an … View moreVolunteering New Zealand is mobilising the kindness DNA with our new #AotearoaOfKindness campaign for National Volunteer Week!

We're calling on people to share their stories of acts of kindness. We're calling on people to thank those who have shown acts of kindness that contribute to an Aotearoa of Kindness.

Call to action – keep shaping the world we want to live in:

• Look for where kindness, mahi aroha, work for love, has impacted your life.
• Show your thanks to those people giving kindness and mahi aroha through #AotearoaOfKindness.
• Connect or reconnect with a community or a cause that’s important to you through volunteeringnz.org.nz/finding-volunteer-roles.

Coronavirus: Top chef Ben Bayly feared he'd lose his home

Brittany Keogh Reporter from Central Leader