Parklands - Marshlands, Christchurch

Wondering about something in your neighbourhood?

Wondering about something in your neighbourhood?

Whether it's a new building going up or a strange noise you keep hearing, ask your neighbours here.

2516 days ago

Athenians Toastmasters

Thomas from Parklands - Marshlands

Come and Visit us we are friendly bunch of people start off your year by gaining valuable skills for the future Develop Communication skills leadership and much more from a fun supportive environment

check us out today athenians.co.nz...

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2516 days ago
2516 days ago

Have you seen Orana’s orang-utans?

Orana Wildlife Trust

Hi neighbours - have you heard that Orana Wildlife Park is home to New Zealand’s only gorillas … and now the country’s only orang-utans too?

Orana Wildlife Park provides the ultimate animal adventure. Set in 80 hectares, Orana is New Zealand’s only open range zoo. The Park specialises … View more
Hi neighbours - have you heard that Orana Wildlife Park is home to New Zealand’s only gorillas … and now the country’s only orang-utans too?

Orana Wildlife Park provides the ultimate animal adventure. Set in 80 hectares, Orana is New Zealand’s only open range zoo. The Park specialises in providing amazing wildlife experiences; travel through the Lion Reserve (costs and conditions apply), hand feed majestic giraffe, meet mighty rhino up close, observe iconic kiwi and much more.

Like us on Facebook and go in the draw to win 1 of 2 family day passes for you to meet our beautiful new apes and entire animal family.

The Orana Wildlife Park Team
Find out more

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2516 days ago

Public Holiday wheelie bin collection

The Team from Christchurch City Council

Do you know what day your wheelie bin is being collected this Christmas and New Year? Read more at: www.ccc.govt.nz...

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2518 days ago

Good condition queen bed

Ioane from Parklands - Marshlands

hi there i was wondering if anyone had a good condition queen bed that they are no longer in need and would sell cheap my boys broke their bed and have been sleeping on the floor for a while now, would be nice to start the new year with a bed with legs lol, would appreciate if some can help....

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2517 days ago

Want an easy way to conserve water and save money?

The Team from Christchurch City Council

Top #watersaving tip 3: Wait until you have full loads before running your dishwasher and washing machine. For more tips, visit bit.ly...

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2517 days ago

Thank you for making Twice the Joy a success!

The Warehouse New Zealand

The Warehouse would like to say a massive thank you to all the customers who supported our Twice the Joy initiative. The Warehouse with the support of their customers and Mattel, were able to gift over 6,500 toys to children affected by family violence, helping them to have a special Christmas. … View moreThe Warehouse would like to say a massive thank you to all the customers who supported our Twice the Joy initiative. The Warehouse with the support of their customers and Mattel, were able to gift over 6,500 toys to children affected by family violence, helping them to have a special Christmas. Wishing you all a happy and safe 2018!

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2518 days ago

Happy Holidays from the team at Age Concern New Zealand

The Team from Age Concern New Zealand

We wish you an enjoyable and safe festive season. Thank you for all of your support this year. Please continue your good work connecting with your older neighbours.

From the team at Age Concern New Zealand.

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2520 days ago

Thanks to the people and business who supported my call for earthquake elderly lunch

Vicki from Papanui

I would like to personally thank the following businesses and people that came on board by me going and approaching them and also Ellie Peterson approaching her clients( I hope she can list them as well) for avonside wainoni community trust Xmas lunch.

Peter Timbs Meats for the Christmas Hams and… View more
I would like to personally thank the following businesses and people that came on board by me going and approaching them and also Ellie Peterson approaching her clients( I hope she can list them as well) for avonside wainoni community trust Xmas lunch.

Peter Timbs Meats for the Christmas Hams and Chickens
Bush Roads Ltd for the lovely salads
Raewood Fresh for the berry fruit
Merivale Life pharmacy for the perfume samples
French Bakery 5% off the $170 goods I purchased
Copenhagen Bakery for the fruit mince pies which I didn't get to collect on time but were given to volunteers at the trust
Patron Margaret Austin for two chickens
Dean Mitchell for purchasing four pavalovas
Anahata Ishaya for all the food she purchased and made and helping me at betty and Leigh decorate the room the day before
Gaynor and Colin Mottram for their donation of money to purchase food
Jules for her contribution of food
Avonside wainoni community trust volunteers for the two pavalovas, one very large chocolate roll and fruit salad
Betty Chapman the community trust organiser for all her hard work throughout the year of these people and pulling together this lunch.

I would also like to acknowledge the following people Paul, dean, Marilyn, Margaret, from my meetup group the christchurch social Midlifers(age range late 20s to 82 we do lots of great things together it's free to join). Who came and made and served the punch, served the food and engaged with what we were expecting to be 60 turning into 72.

Dean and I took some of the left over muffins and gave them to some hard working drilling trench workers in one of christchurch poorest earthquake affected streets, Hampshire as it was afternoon tea time. They said they didnt often stop for a break and one commented he hoped they'd be finished so he could go home for xmas.

We then went and dressed my bichon poodle and a friends cavadoodle in their Santa outfits and took the remaining food into Ronald McDonald house. To see the joy in the children's and parents faces was my Xmas present. To hear that one family is still out of their earthquake affected home due to no ramps for the wheelchair and other damage made me realise how important my acts of kindness weekend I've been planning for about ten months needs to happen for those still suffering in the east and places like waiau, Rotherham, mt lyford.

Have a safe merry Xmas and happy New Year.

K
2521 days ago

Dumped BBQ

Kylie from Papanui

Thanks to whoever left us their awesome rusty old BBQ on our front lawn overnight...'tis the season to just dump stuff wherever I guess 🙄

2520 days ago

We are excited to announce the winners!

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Two competitions have been running on the sidelines of the usual Neighbourly activity and what better time to announce the lucky and well deserving winners than the week before Christmas!

- We joined forces with Electric Kiwi in order to hunt for a truly Awesome Neighbour. And we did just that,… View more
Two competitions have been running on the sidelines of the usual Neighbourly activity and what better time to announce the lucky and well deserving winners than the week before Christmas!

- We joined forces with Electric Kiwi in order to hunt for a truly Awesome Neighbour. And we did just that, infact we found 4 incredible Neighbourly neighbours. Click here to see who won an Awesome Neighbour prize and read their Awesome story!

- We also teamed up with SuperValue to run the Christmas Survival Guide challenge. We asked Neighbourly members to tell us their Christmas Survival tip, click here to find out whose tip came out on top, to be selected to win a $100 SuperValue voucher.

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2526 days ago

Inconsiderate noisy neighbour!

Julie from Parklands - Marshlands

Hi all, anyone on Bower Ave getting sick of the constant base noise from music? All day yesterday, most of the evening, and is going at the moment, started at 7.30 am. Trying to pinpoint where it is, so I can speak to them, its driving me crazy, from about 525 Bower to 533 Bower, this happens a … View moreHi all, anyone on Bower Ave getting sick of the constant base noise from music? All day yesterday, most of the evening, and is going at the moment, started at 7.30 am. Trying to pinpoint where it is, so I can speak to them, its driving me crazy, from about 525 Bower to 533 Bower, this happens a lot, I just want whoever it is to turn down base, and be more considerate about others who want some peace at weekends.

2521 days ago

Random cat in my house in the middle of the night

Nicole from Parklands - Marshlands

This morning at about 2am we had the pleasure of finding a cat in our house eating all my cats food and milk!
The cat appeared to be on the smaller side but not too skinny that it looked stray, however it could be for all I know!
It was a grey coloured cat as far as I’m aware, I didn’t get a … View more
This morning at about 2am we had the pleasure of finding a cat in our house eating all my cats food and milk!
The cat appeared to be on the smaller side but not too skinny that it looked stray, however it could be for all I know!
It was a grey coloured cat as far as I’m aware, I didn’t get a good look as it was in the middle of the night and my partner was trying to get it out.
If it is your cat, it is obviously hungry as it has been back more than once! I had notice a big difference in how much I assumed my cat was going through over the last week or two.
Now that I know there is a cat coming in and out of my house that isn’t mine, I have to lock my cat inside overnight so no other cats will come in and eat her food!
We are on Broadhaven Ave near Inwoods road.
The intruder kitty will possibly have quite the sore head as it was trying to find an exit banging into every window in the house so scared of getting away from my partner!
I would really love for this to not happen again as I thought there was a person in my house and it was not a nice fright to get at 2am!!

2531 days ago

STOP water bottling plant from taking 4.32 million litres per day, of aquifer water.

Gareth from Burwood

As the previous post was deleted... here it is for those that might not have seen it.


STOP water bottling plant from taking 4.32 million litres per day, of aquifer water.

Cloud Ocean Water is a water-bottling business preparing to operate within the former Kaputone Wool Scour located in … View more
As the previous post was deleted... here it is for those that might not have seen it.


STOP water bottling plant from taking 4.32 million litres per day, of aquifer water.

Cloud Ocean Water is a water-bottling business preparing to operate within the former Kaputone Wool Scour located in Belfast, Christchurch.

Using a 20-year-old permit originally granted to the land's former owner, Kaputone, the Chinese-owned enterprise could remove up to 4.32 million litres per day, or 1.5 billion litres per annum, of ground water, for bottling.

Under the historic permit, it is able to obtain these massive quantities of water, for next to no cost.
Aquifer water is a precious resource. In the Canterbury area, bore holes drilled at a depth of around 30 metres, is the only way to obtain a continuous ground water supply. Once depleted, these precious water supplies, cannot be replenished.

Please sign the petition..
www.change.org...


You may also be interested in this related article on Stuff today.
www.stuff.co.nz...

Lets make our voices heard on this issue!!

2521 days ago

Diamond Harbour boil water notice lifted

The Team from Christchurch City Council

The boil water notice for the greater Diamond Harbour area has been lifted.

The notice was put in place on 20 December as a precaution after E.coli bacteria was discovered in one of Diamond Harbour’s reservoirs during routine water testing. Please check the link below for a small group of … View more
The boil water notice for the greater Diamond Harbour area has been lifted.

The notice was put in place on 20 December as a precaution after E.coli bacteria was discovered in one of Diamond Harbour’s reservoirs during routine water testing. Please check the link below for a small group of properties that are still affected: bit.ly...

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