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1503 days ago

Looking for spring planting tips?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

In this week’s issue we invite you to Hawke's Bay’s Wildflower Sculpture Festival. It’s also time to harvest broad beans, sow carrots, protect your strawberries from birds, water seedlings gently, and get lawns ready for summer.

Check out our courgette variety guide and growing tips … View more
In this week’s issue we invite you to Hawke's Bay’s Wildflower Sculpture Festival. It’s also time to harvest broad beans, sow carrots, protect your strawberries from birds, water seedlings gently, and get lawns ready for summer.

Check out our courgette variety guide and growing tips plus go in the draw for spring vege packs from Tui and ‘Blue Star’ ferns from Gellert’s.

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:

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1503 days ago

Paint an vintage sideboard

The Team from Resene ColorShop Shirley

Brighten up an old piece of furniture with fresh colours to suit your new colour scheme. Add an intriguing design on the inside of the drawers for a bonus surprise when you open them.

Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how you to update … View more
Brighten up an old piece of furniture with fresh colours to suit your new colour scheme. Add an intriguing design on the inside of the drawers for a bonus surprise when you open them.

Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how you to update your furniture

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1504 days ago

First Rung, episode 2, is here!

Kylie Klein Nixon Reporter from Homed

Hi team! Thank you so much for your support of First Rung, our first podcast!
The launch last week went even better than we'd hoped. I'm over the moon.
I thought I'd drop by to let you know this week's episode, Location, Location, Location, is out now.
Just like the first … View more
Hi team! Thank you so much for your support of First Rung, our first podcast!
The launch last week went even better than we'd hoped. I'm over the moon.
I thought I'd drop by to let you know this week's episode, Location, Location, Location, is out now.
Just like the first one, it's packed with tips, advice and anecdotes from experts and home owners on every aspect of buying your first home. It also comes with a chance to win a $500 Resene prize pack.
In episode 2, we talk to a first time buyer who moved from one end of the country to the other for a chance to get on the ladder, hear about apartments as a viable first home option and an expert gives us some tips on how to choose the right lawyer.
We all know buying a home is one of the toughest, most daunting things we might ever do as adults, so it doesn't hurt to get some expert advice and support. That's what we wanted to give you with First Rung.
Give episode 2 a listen and let us know what you think - and I hope you're all in to win that crackin' prize pack!

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1504 days ago

Addictive Eaters Anonymous

The Team from Addictive Eaters Anonymous - Christchurch

Monthly AEA Worldwide Web events are held on the third Saturday (Greenwich Mean Time) of each month.
For October it is 9.00 am on Sunday 18th(NZ time).
For newcomers interested in receiving a Zoom invitation for the event, please email aeawebevent@gmail.com.

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1505 days ago

Christchurch subdivision could become major traffic thoroughfare

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

Residents of a sleepy Christchurch neighbourhood fear new connecting roads will make it a busy commuter route.

The small subdivision of Cameo Grove lies in northeast Christchurch, near Burwood Hospital. A street there, also called Cameo Grove, is at present split into east and west.

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Residents of a sleepy Christchurch neighbourhood fear new connecting roads will make it a busy commuter route.

The small subdivision of Cameo Grove lies in northeast Christchurch, near Burwood Hospital. A street there, also called Cameo Grove, is at present split into east and west.

In consultation with the Christchurch City Council, Prestons Park developer CDL Land plans to connect the two parts of the street and join both to Katrine Drive to the north.

Residents in the cul-de-sac say connecting the roads will make the area a shortcut for commuters using the busy Mairehau and Burwood roads.

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1507 days ago

Craft People

Julie from Wainoni

Trio Craft Market are calling out for more craft people who make handmade items to sell. We are a unique market held monthly on the 1st Saturday of each month at St Ambrose Church - 309 Breezes Rd with lovely quality crafts for sale. It is giving the people on the East a chance to sell their … View moreTrio Craft Market are calling out for more craft people who make handmade items to sell. We are a unique market held monthly on the 1st Saturday of each month at St Ambrose Church - 309 Breezes Rd with lovely quality crafts for sale. It is giving the people on the East a chance to sell their goods at one of our stalls. ( check out our face book page :www.facebook.com/TRIO-CRAFT-Market-101350284799319/  ) For more information to join our market please messagephone Tina on 027 351 2466

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1505 days ago

Recap: Get answers to your DIY and decorating dilemmas

Jo Haywood Reporter from Homed

Hey neighbours, thanks to everyone who joined us for our live chat with Resene’s colour consultant Brenda Ngatai and tech expert Jay Sharples.

The questions were coming thick and fast, and Jay and Brenda very kindly stayed later than planned to get through as many as they could, but we're … View more
Hey neighbours, thanks to everyone who joined us for our live chat with Resene’s colour consultant Brenda Ngatai and tech expert Jay Sharples.

The questions were coming thick and fast, and Jay and Brenda very kindly stayed later than planned to get through as many as they could, but we're sorry if we didn't get to yours. If you submitted a question and missed the chat, checkout the recap, here.

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1508 days ago

Local "dark sky" reserve... :)

Chris from Mairehau

You don't have to drive to Tekapo to get nice night sky photos - these were taken from Bayleys Road, Kaitorete Spit, near the Kaituna Golf Course on Friday night - it isn't quite as dark there as the Tekapo dark sky reserve, but it's not bad and a much much shorter drive from Chch...… View moreYou don't have to drive to Tekapo to get nice night sky photos - these were taken from Bayleys Road, Kaitorete Spit, near the Kaituna Golf Course on Friday night - it isn't quite as dark there as the Tekapo dark sky reserve, but it's not bad and a much much shorter drive from Chch... as a bonus I got a shot of the Great Nebula in Carina :)

1511 days ago

Throwback Thursday

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

Throwback Thursday: Passengers board the last train to Rangiora at the Christchurch Railway Station on April 30, 1976.

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1526 days ago

Metal bottle tops

Cecilia from Mairehau

Any organisation collecting metal bottle tops?

1518 days ago

Throwback Thursday

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

This 1962 photo of traffic at the intersection of Manchester, High and Lichfield streets is a reminder of how different the city used to look. It shows the Majestic Theatre on the right and the Canterbury Building Society building in the centre, on the corner of High and Manchester streets.

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1506 days ago

Have you voted in the 2020 Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear gardeners, while the entire nation is in the mood to vote, don't miss out on having your say in who becomes our Gardener of the Year! Read their stories, choose your favourite, and vote for them!

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1507 days ago

The Press HOMED Property Saturday 10th October

Reporter Homed - The Press

On Saturday, October 3rd we launched the new-look HOMED Property publication which can be found weekly in The Press.

We are so excited about this fresh new pullout, and we look forward to now being able to share the E-Edition with you every week.

This week's cover features 144 Lake Terrace… View more
On Saturday, October 3rd we launched the new-look HOMED Property publication which can be found weekly in The Press.

We are so excited about this fresh new pullout, and we look forward to now being able to share the E-Edition with you every week.

This week's cover features 144 Lake Terrace Road, Burwood, a unique opportunity for keen golfers with expansive views of the Christchurch Golf Course, Brought to you by Jan-Louise Chesmar of Harcourts Grenadier. To read about this property and more click the link below.

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1507 days ago

Kitchen

Dawn from Burwood

Wanting to rent a kitchen for 1 day a week for making soap, bath bombs and some other crafty things. Or rent kitchen and storage on a month by month basis. Something affordable please. Thank you.

1507 days ago

Foreign matter found in canned product

Neighbourly.co.nz

Popular food label Value has issued a nationwide recall of specific batches of its canned chopped tomatoes, after it was discovered that stones may be present in the product.

Consumers are asked to check the batch number on the side of the can against the numbers provided below and return their … View more
Popular food label Value has issued a nationwide recall of specific batches of its canned chopped tomatoes, after it was discovered that stones may be present in the product.

Consumers are asked to check the batch number on the side of the can against the numbers provided below and return their can/s to their retailer for a full refund.

What you need to know:

- Batch numbers SMS1 J213, TTA1 J214, TTA1 J215, and TTA1 J217 are affected by this recall.
- The product is sold in New World, Pak’n Save, Four Square, Gilmours, and Trents stores nationwide.

To get in contact with Foodstuffs Own Brands Ltd, call 0800 245 114. For more information on the recall, visit the New Zealand Food Safety website.

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