COVID-19 Alert Level 3 Services
Additonally to people who are working in essential services, working or studying from home, we can now provide our services to all home users.
We will be offering the following services:
-Contactless computer repairs
-WiFi installation and setup
-Microsoft 365 and GSuite migration
-Webdesign & hosting
-Contactless computer repairs: We can come to you to contactlessly collect your computer if it needs to be physically repaired. After the repair is done, we will drop it back off to you. We can now obtain most parts required for repairs again. We use all the necessary safety and hygiene practises and clean all parts and surfaces of your computer/device before and after repairing.
In some cases we can repair your computer by remotely accessing your computer. Where this is possible, we will offer this as well.
-WiFi installation and setup: we can provide equipment to improve your WiFi performance at home. Most of this can be done contact less. In some instances we would need to do some installations in your home - if this is the case, we will let you know and talk the scenario through with you. We are able to do this using all necessary precautions and hygiene and safety practices as recommended by MBIE.
-Microsoft 365 and GSuite migration: We can migrate your old email and colaboration suite to either Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) or GSuite. We can help with making a decision on what would be the better solution for you.
-Webdesign & hosting: If you want to trade in level 3 by selling your product online, we can get you set up quickly with a simple and easy to manage website to get you started.
Please note: At alert level 3 we cannot accept computers being dropped off to our premises. Invoices will be emailed and can be paid by bank transfer. If you prefer to pay by credit card, please let us know. Terms and conditions apply
Poll: How should Guy Fawkes be celebrated?
While it is a fun occasion, fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night has caused much conflict over the years, upsetting our pets and disrupting the sleep of neighbours.
How should we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.
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29.1% With a city-wide public fireworks display
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19.4% Small fireworks displays in each community
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7.6% Keep it as is
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33.1% We shouldn't celebrate it!
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10.5% Anything but fireworks
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0.4% Other - I'll share below
Addictive Eaters Anonymous
I was spiralling out of control
I don't have many memories from my childhood, but the memories I do have relate to food - picnics with bacon and egg pie, my mother’s home cooking, Sunday bread. I was never much of a sweet tooth, but instead I preferred savouries, pastries, breads and the like. I grew up on a farm and food was plentiful and was never restricted and I lived a pretty healthy, active lifestyle.
Once I hit my teenage years, however, I remember starting to get worried about my weight. (I'll just mention here that I don't think I have ever been overweight and I certainly wasn't overweight as a teenager).
Gang presence this weekend
International members of the Mongols MC are expected in Canterbury for an event marking five years since the gang established itself in New Zealand.
What you need to know:
-The gang has three chapters in the South Island. Wainoni-based Ōtautahi East, Ashburton-based Mid-South and SH1, Burnham.
- Police say they will have ‘considerable resource’ in the region during the event from November 7-10.
- Police in Canterbury have planned a major operation around the event - thought to coincide with a national meeting - from November 7 to 10, and have drafted in staff from two other districts to help.
- Mongols members from across the country are expected to meet at the gang’s original South Island headquarters - a fortified property on SH1, Burnham, on the outskirts of Christchurch.
- Canterbury district commander Superintendent Tony Hill says:
“We’re prepared for multiple contingencies. We will be monitoring their behaviour very closely over the period, if they’re not behaving appropriately then we will be taking appropriate action quite swiftly.”