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A weightlifting demo from newly-announced Kiwi Olympic hopeful David Liti was the main attraction for residents at Logan Campbell Village on Tuesday.
The popular athlete, who will compete in the men’s 102+kg division, was revealed as the latest member of the NZ team who will be attending the … View moreA weightlifting demo from newly-announced Kiwi Olympic hopeful David Liti was the main attraction for residents at Logan Campbell Village on Tuesday.
The popular athlete, who will compete in the men’s 102+kg division, was revealed as the latest member of the NZ team who will be attending the Paris Olympics to gathered media and a packed village centre, where he thrilled the crowd with his impressive lifting skills.
David demonstrated three ‘clean and jerk’ lifts, going up to 140kg on the third. While it prompted gasps from the residents, his lift at Tokyo in comparison was 236kg and then 178kg in the ‘snatch’, which is the lift from floor to over the head.
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Only 2 sleeps to go until the opening of Books, Bagels & Banter! 🤩 🥳
📚 Books
New and second-hand books of all genres
🍩 Bagels
Freshly made with a selection of toppings including Chocolate Heaven!
… View moreOnly 2 sleeps to go until the opening of Books, Bagels & Banter! 🤩 🥳
📚 Books
New and second-hand books of all genres
🍩 Bagels
Freshly made with a selection of toppings including Chocolate Heaven!
🎤 Banter
Stimulating guest speakers throughout the weekend, including award winning journalist Simon Wilson, former NZ Woman’s Weekly editor Jenny Lynch, children’s author Colleen Brown, acclaimed chef, Geoff Scott and former Anglican Bishop, John Bluck.
Plus more….
• Children’s story time and colouring competition
• Vinyl records and puzzles for sale
• Silent auction
To reserve your space for speaker events
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Opening hours
• Opening event: Friday 24th May, 6pm onwards
• Saturday 25th May, 9am to 5pm & Sunday 26th May, 9am to 4pm
Quiet Hour returns at Stardome. This session offers a low-sensory environment tailored to accommodate individuals with autism or sensory and neurodiversity needs.
We modify both our planetarium and broader gallery spaces to provide a gentler sensory experience, including:
- A guided … View moreQuiet Hour returns at Stardome. This session offers a low-sensory environment tailored to accommodate individuals with autism or sensory and neurodiversity needs.
We modify both our planetarium and broader gallery spaces to provide a gentler sensory experience, including:
- A guided planetarium session exploring the night sky, led by a presenter
- Reduced volume levels
- Soft ambient lighting, with planetarium doors remaining open throughout the show
- A breakout space
Spaces are also strictly limited to 20 visitors per session.
Adults $10, Children/Students/Seniors $8. Carers go free when attending with a visitor with a disability. All ages welcome.
If you have any additional accessibility requirements or questions, please contact Stardome directly.
Book at www.stardome.org.nz...
Get the best protection you can before winter. The flu vaccine is free if you’re over 65. It’s also free for pregnant people and for many others with certain underlying health conditions, including diabetes, heart and lung diseases, and mental health conditions.
To book your flu vaccine … View moreGet the best protection you can before winter. The flu vaccine is free if you’re over 65. It’s also free for pregnant people and for many others with certain underlying health conditions, including diabetes, heart and lung diseases, and mental health conditions.
To book your flu vaccine contact your doctor, pharmacy or healthcare provider, or visit our website.
We believe kiwis should have unbiased hearing device information.
Order your free Consumer’s Guide To Hearing Aids 2024 to learn about all the best hearing devices on the market, including features, styles, and prices.
This comprehensive guide is researched, written and produced by an … View moreWe believe kiwis should have unbiased hearing device information.
Order your free Consumer’s Guide To Hearing Aids 2024 to learn about all the best hearing devices on the market, including features, styles, and prices.
This comprehensive guide is researched, written and produced by an independent third party.
Trusted by over 20,000 New Zealanders, visit our website to order a copy and have it delivered to your door.
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A loved one needing care or just wanting the extra support in their day-to-day, can mean a big change for the entire family.
As Everil Orr Living’s Clinical Manager, I recently tackled the top 10 questions you may have for a move into full time care for you or your loved ones.
My advice is … View moreA loved one needing care or just wanting the extra support in their day-to-day, can mean a big change for the entire family.
As Everil Orr Living’s Clinical Manager, I recently tackled the top 10 questions you may have for a move into full time care for you or your loved ones.
My advice is to get involved and start planning your next steps.
Everil Orr open homes are on every month with our next one on Tuesday, 28 May. If you can’t make it on the day, feel free to reach out or drop by the Everil Orr Living when it suits you.
We hope to see you there!
Sharon Fisher
Clinical Manager
Our Tuesday prize draw is here and the following members have won a $50 movie voucher:
Nazim Molla from Te Atatu South
Cassie Stirling from Napier
Jacob Ferris from Saint Martins
… View moreOur Tuesday prize draw is here and the following members have won a $50 movie voucher:
Nazim Molla from Te Atatu South
Cassie Stirling from Napier
Jacob Ferris from Saint Martins
Shania Kenny from Woolston
Are you a winner? Get in touch with our Neighbourly team here to claim your prize.
Not a winner this time? Come back each Tuesday and we will have ongoing prize draws and more winners!
Kia Ora Neighbours!
It’s International Youth Week 💫🙏
This week we celebrate our Rangatahi!
Through their art, passion and uniqueness to support their communities via Volunteering
See what kind of magic they sprinkle in our store! Especially during the weekends!
Let’s put our hands … View moreKia Ora Neighbours!
It’s International Youth Week 💫🙏
This week we celebrate our Rangatahi!
Through their art, passion and uniqueness to support their communities via Volunteering
See what kind of magic they sprinkle in our store! Especially during the weekends!
Let’s put our hands together and empower them to help strengthen our Community 🤩
Know a young person (16 years old+) who would like to begin their thrift journey?
Get them to apply online or call us on 09 6221565.
In Onehunga?
Drop in store 200 Onehunga Mall Road, Onehunga
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Hi there Neighbours!
Have you got stuff sitting in storage or your garage which you wanted to donate but couldn’t fit in your car?
We offer furniture collections FOR FREE for good quality and preloved items!
Let us take that job off your hands so you can do things you really want to do.
Call … View moreHi there Neighbours!
Have you got stuff sitting in storage or your garage which you wanted to donate but couldn’t fit in your car?
We offer furniture collections FOR FREE for good quality and preloved items!
Let us take that job off your hands so you can do things you really want to do.
Call us to organise your free collection today😁
09 622-1565
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Join our Introduction to Watercolour Workshop next Monday and discover the magic of watercolour painiting!
• Date: Monday 27 May
• Time: 9.30am-12.30pm
• Cost: $45.00
• Tutor: Alba G. Celdran
In this 3 hour workshop you will be introduced to watercolour and the basic techniques of … View moreJoin our Introduction to Watercolour Workshop next Monday and discover the magic of watercolour painiting!
• Date: Monday 27 May
• Time: 9.30am-12.30pm
• Cost: $45.00
• Tutor: Alba G. Celdran
In this 3 hour workshop you will be introduced to watercolour and the basic techniques of this lovely water-based medium. You will also learn the necessary concepts of tone and colour theory to make a lovely watercolour painting. No previous experience is needed.
Click here to enrol: enrolmy.com...
For more information visit our website (www.epsom-community-centre.org.nz...) or call Lucy on 09 638 7444
Don’t miss out! For only $15 a ticket, you could be in to win this brand-new, fully furnished Jennian home located in stunning Papamoa, worth just over $1.1 million.
Featuring three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area, this home is waiting to be loved by … View moreDon’t miss out! For only $15 a ticket, you could be in to win this brand-new, fully furnished Jennian home located in stunning Papamoa, worth just over $1.1 million.
Featuring three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area, this home is waiting to be loved by its new owner.
Make this property your permanent residence, a holiday home, a rental, or you can simply sell it! Get your tickets today.
People associate bullying with children in schools, but it can actually stretch beyond childhood to workplaces or neighbourhoods.
This Friday is Pink Shirt Day, which began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying after a new student was harassed for wearing … View morePeople associate bullying with children in schools, but it can actually stretch beyond childhood to workplaces or neighbourhoods.
This Friday is Pink Shirt Day, which began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying after a new student was harassed for wearing pink. People across the globe are now encouraged to wear pink on this day to take a stand against bullying and promote inclusivity.
Have you or your whānau ever experienced bullying? Share your thoughts on Pink Shirt Day below.
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I think National was going to go hard on crime. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be working.
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Migration figures show a record number of New Zealanders are choosing not to stick around – and you don’t have to look hard to figure out why, writes Q+A presenter Jack Tame.
No data point says more about the current state of our country than the fact that record numbers of New Zealanders … View moreMigration figures show a record number of New Zealanders are choosing not to stick around – and you don’t have to look hard to figure out why, writes Q+A presenter Jack Tame.
No data point says more about the current state of our country than the fact that record numbers of New Zealanders don’t want to be here.
Over the last two years, the quarterly release of migration statistics has steadily plotted a massive exodus of New Zealand citizens.
Once all citizen returns and departures were accounted for in the year to March 31, provisional net numbers indicated New Zealand lost more than a thousand Kiwis every week.
But why?
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The pandemic restrictions are over and the borders have been open for New Zealanders for more than two years.
Pent-up demand for overseas adventure could explain the initial post-Covid surge in departures, and some New Zealanders who returned during the worst of Covid-19 have left again. But the more recent departures are better attributed to other factors.
As I’ve noted before, what’s perhaps most extraordinary about the huge outward migration of New Zealand citizens is it has coincided with near-record inbound migration of non-citizens.
Facing pressure from business groups amidst a global labour shortage, the previous government responded by massively relaxing immigration settings.
In the year to March 31, New Zealand recorded a net migration gain of 163,000 non-citizens.
Accounting for both the provisional citizen and non-citizen migration flows, there are 111,000 extra people in New Zealand than the year before. Add to that the births and deaths for the same period, and our overall population has increased by approximately 130,000 people in the last year.
During the same period, however, the number of consents issued for new houses dropped 25% on the previous 12 months.
As our population surges and construction slows, the average rent paid by the generation of New Zealanders most likely not to own their own homes has increased. TradeMe Property recorded a median rent increase of 8.3% in the year to March 2024 — more than double the corresponding annual increase in wages.
This renting generation, coincidentally, is the same generation most likely to have left New Zealand.
Of all migrant departures of New Zealand citizens, people between the ages of 18 and 30 made up almost 40%.
But even older New Zealanders — who are more likely to have established careers, families, and assets — are leaving in huge numbers. Accounting for all arrivals and departures, a net total of more than 7500 New Zealand citizens between the ages of 31-40 left our shores.
So, what will stem the bleed?
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In the short term, at least, there is perhaps little economic reason to stay.
The new Government has moved swiftly to tighten immigration settings but, as the full impact of higher interest rates seeps through the economy, unemployment is steadily increasing.
The national unemployment rate currently sits at 4.3% and most economists expect it to climb above 5% in the coming months. The Māori unemployment rate is already at its highest point in four years at 8.2%.
Young Zealanders now find themselves competing with more people for relatively fewer houses and relatively fewer jobs.
And, as we enter a winter of economic discontent, who could blame them for leaving?
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Yesterday, we approved our proposed Long-term Plan 2024-2034 – including prioritised investment in transport and water, fairer funding for communities and an Auckland Future Fund.
Find out more details on what this plan includes by clicking on 'Read More'.
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