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1510 days ago

House in Whangarei wanted to buy

Jo from Maunu

Hi anyone thinking of selling and want to avoid real estate fees?
My daughter has sold her house in Aus & moved back home.
She's looking for a house to buy, with pre-approved finance already, so if you (or someone you know) are selling, or thinking of selling, please message me on here or… View more
Hi anyone thinking of selling and want to avoid real estate fees?
My daughter has sold her house in Aus & moved back home.
She's looking for a house to buy, with pre-approved finance already, so if you (or someone you know) are selling, or thinking of selling, please message me on here or on 027 5141 394.
Thanks, Jo Martin :-)
PS She has 2 little dogs so if it's on a main road it won't suit, unless it's up a long driveway, thanks.

1511 days ago

Celebrating International Day of Older Persons

Office for Seniors

Today is the International Day of Older Persons! It's an important day for everyone to recognize and say thank you to older people for their amazing contributions to the world, from mentoring and volunteering, to sharing experience, being in paid work and much more.

To acknowledge the … View more
Today is the International Day of Older Persons! It's an important day for everyone to recognize and say thank you to older people for their amazing contributions to the world, from mentoring and volunteering, to sharing experience, being in paid work and much more.

To acknowledge the occasion, we have just released our October SuperSeniors Newsletter, you can read it here: bit.ly...

The day is also special as it marks the start of the WHO’s Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020 to 2030, you can find out more about it here: bit.ly...

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1509 days ago

Have you recently decorated a home with Resene paints? If so, you could be a winner.

Resene

Resene and Your Home & Garden are on the lookout for the most stunning interior or exterior colour scheme created with Resene paints to be featured in Your Home & Garden magazine.

Monthly winners win $250 of Resene paint vouchers and the grand winner $5000 cash!

What we are looking … View more
Resene and Your Home & Garden are on the lookout for the most stunning interior or exterior colour scheme created with Resene paints to be featured in Your Home & Garden magazine.

Monthly winners win $250 of Resene paint vouchers and the grand winner $5000 cash!

What we are looking for:
Clever interior colours
Inventive paint projects
Exciting exterior paint
Entries are now open!

How to enter:
Email photos and a 200-word or more description of your space to yhg@bauermedia.co.nz with your last name and ‘Resene Colour Home’ in the subject line. Please include your name, home address, email address, daytime phone number, the names of the Resene colours used, and details of when your space was painted. Please credit anyone who assisted you in choosing your colours. The five finalists will each appear in Your Home and Garden, starting from the December issue. Every finalist will receive a $250 Resene voucher and a feature in the magazine, with the winner taking out the Resene Colour Home Awards and $5000 cash. An extended story on the winning home will feature in the June 2021 issue.

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1509 days ago

Need hassle free LPG supply?

Gas & Tyre

Direct to your door: Gas & Tyre provide a consistent hassle free, unrivalled LPG delivery service right to your door. Call us now to learn more!

Gas Deliveries: Mid Far North- Kaikohe to Kawkawa to Mangonui

Essential Services:
● 45kg Gas Deliveries
● 9kg Gas Swaps
● Essentials … View more
Direct to your door: Gas & Tyre provide a consistent hassle free, unrivalled LPG delivery service right to your door. Call us now to learn more!

Gas Deliveries: Mid Far North- Kaikohe to Kawkawa to Mangonui

Essential Services:
● 45kg Gas Deliveries
● 9kg Gas Swaps
● Essentials Tyre Repairs and Replacements (Car 4wd and light truck Alignments)
● 24 Hour Fleet Service
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1510 days ago

Did you know that fairy terns are New Zealand's rarest birds?

Denise Piper Reporter from Rodney Times

The Department of Conservation has drawn its battle lines to help protect the country’s rarest bird – the critically endangered New Zealand fairy tern.
Also known as tara iti, there are fewer than 40 adult birds in the species, so the department is doing all it can to ensure breeding is … View more
The Department of Conservation has drawn its battle lines to help protect the country’s rarest bird – the critically endangered New Zealand fairy tern.
Also known as tara iti, there are fewer than 40 adult birds in the species, so the department is doing all it can to ensure breeding is successful, with Pakiri and Mangawhai being among the sites manned seven days a week.

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1510 days ago

Did you know that fairy terns are New Zealand's rarest birds?

Denise Piper Reporter from Whangārei Leader

The Department of Conservation has drawn its battle lines to help protect the country’s rarest bird – the critically endangered New Zealand fairy tern.
Also known as tara iti, there are fewer than 40 adult birds in the species, so the department is doing all it can to ensure breeding is … View more
The Department of Conservation has drawn its battle lines to help protect the country’s rarest bird – the critically endangered New Zealand fairy tern.
Also known as tara iti, there are fewer than 40 adult birds in the species, so the department is doing all it can to ensure breeding is successful, with manned sites in Waipū, Mangawhai and parts of Auckland.

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1510 days ago

Create a stylish mini deck

The Team from Resene ColorShop Whangarei

Use tongue and groove landscaping timber and fence palings to create a stylish mini deck finished in Resene Woodsman wood stain.

Make the most of this weekend with this step by step project idea from Resene. Find out how to create your own

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1510 days ago

Calling all Small Business Owners!

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

This is your final chance to grab our FREE 3-month Premium Business Listing

Usually $150, your 3-month Premium Listing enables you to reach thousands of people who live around your business! Find friendly locals who want your services, introduce your team and share what makes you stand out from… View more
This is your final chance to grab our FREE 3-month Premium Business Listing

Usually $150, your 3-month Premium Listing enables you to reach thousands of people who live around your business! Find friendly locals who want your services, introduce your team and share what makes you stand out from the rest.

There's no catches and no hidden fees. It's just our small way of saying thank you for playing such an essential part in our communities.

Spring is a great time to get active on Neighbourly so grab your FREE 3 Month Premium Business Listing now

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1518 days ago

Plants and Punnets

Liz from Rural West Whangarei

I am posting this on behalf of my mother, some of you will know or remember her well as she had Nellies stall for many years selling Potted Plants and Herbs, also Vegetable Plants and Flowers Plants in punnets. Mum has now retired from the market but invites any of you who would still like to buy … View moreI am posting this on behalf of my mother, some of you will know or remember her well as she had Nellies stall for many years selling Potted Plants and Herbs, also Vegetable Plants and Flowers Plants in punnets. Mum has now retired from the market but invites any of you who would still like to buy her plants to go and see her at 10 Arcus Street Raumunga on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays from 9am to 4pm each of those days. She still has a great range of healthy, hardened off plants just as she had at the market, and a variety shrubs.

1525 days ago

Have you seen Whangārei documentary Te Wao Nui?

Denise Piper Reporter from Whangārei Leader

UPDATE: Monitoring has shown rongoā Māori (traditional Māori medicine) is helping reverse the signs of kauri dieback.
Whangārei documentary Te Wao Nui has been chosen for the gala opening of the world's largest indigenous film festive, imagineNATIVE. Directed by Ngāriki Ngatae, the te reo… View more
UPDATE: Monitoring has shown rongoā Māori (traditional Māori medicine) is helping reverse the signs of kauri dieback.
Whangārei documentary Te Wao Nui has been chosen for the gala opening of the world's largest indigenous film festive, imagineNATIVE. Directed by Ngāriki Ngatae, the te reo Māori film investigates mātauranga Māori (traditional Māori knowledge) as a cure for kauri dieback disease. Click on the link below to find out more and to watch the short film.

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1511 days ago

Misleading Penlink ad on Rodney Times front page

Marja from Wellsford

Disappointing to see this kind of cynical politics on the front cover of the Rodney Times.
One of the most important things for me in this job, is being available and being genuine.
Early on as candidate in the 2017 election, I was lobbied about a project that was crucial for the people and … View more
Disappointing to see this kind of cynical politics on the front cover of the Rodney Times.
One of the most important things for me in this job, is being available and being genuine.
Early on as candidate in the 2017 election, I was lobbied about a project that was crucial for the people and businesses of Whangaparaoa. The Penlink project was talked about for decades most recently by a National government but without any action to deliver nor funding committed to it.
I worked hard with members of the Hibiscus Coast community over my first term to bring their voice to Wellington. Advocate on their behalf to find relief from the daily gridlock, open up opportunities for the local economy.

I managed to get Penlink mentioned several times in the House during my speeches (first time in years), and the awareness on its importance grew. There was success in 2018, when our Government firstly elevated it back on the Auckland Transport Alignment Plan (ATAP), where National had downgraded it and starved it of funding.

But I was vocal on the locals’ and my disappointment with the timeline. And so we continued. Then in January this year, it was announced that for the first time ever by a government, full funding was committed to build Penlink. $411 million was set aside to get the project done. And it was brought forward from the end of the decade, to start next year! It’s all happening already and progress is going as fast as possible considering tenders are being sought at the moment and the design has to be finalised.

Recently the National party candidate for the Whangaparaoa area has started to create an impression that somehow it is his or the National party's work that got this project finally off the starting blocks.

That's a clear lie. National when in government, downgraded Penlink. They never committed any funding to it. And as recent as last year, it didn’t even feature on their infrastructure plan.

It throws us back to Nationals' (unfunded) election time promises in 2005 and 2006 - another time National made promises to build Penlink:

“Press Release: Rodney District Council Friday, 7 April 2006, 3:36pm
National Party Commits to Penlink
The National Party has announced it is committed to building the Weiti River crossing, commonly known as Penlink, within 10 years of becoming government.
… National reiterated the party’s commitment, made during the 2005 election, that the Penlink project is to be completed within 10 years.”

You can’t drive on press releases and National’s record of unfunded election promises to build Penlink, are what gives politicians a bad rap.

1511 days ago

Mass recall of popular reusable coffee cups

Neighbourly.co.nz

Reusable coffee cup manufacturer Biopak has issued a recall for some products, due to the possibility of part of the cup detaching when liquid is present.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) issued the recall on September 30, advising people to stop using it immediately … View more
Reusable coffee cup manufacturer Biopak has issued a recall for some products, due to the possibility of part of the cup detaching when liquid is present.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) issued the recall on September 30, advising people to stop using it immediately as a user could be burnt or scalded.

What you need to know:

- Contact Biopak or ring 0800 246 725 to get a refund on faulty items.

- The products were sold from January 2013 to September 2020

- All resuable coffee cups (8oz, 12oz, 16oz) in plain green or white should be
returned to Biopak.

- Those with custom names “SexieCoffie”, “Columbit”, “Echo”, “Hedland”, “Crop to Cup” or “Home Grain”. Should be returned immediately.

To find out more about this recall, see the government recall website.

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1511 days ago

Lead and inspire the next generation

Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi

Study in Northland!

Meet Jasmine (Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine) who shares “Awanuiārangi offered an accessible teaching programme that meant I didn't have to move away from home in North Hokianga. I’ve grown personally and professionally through my studies making my … View more
Study in Northland!

Meet Jasmine (Te Rarawa, Te Aupouri, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine) who shares “Awanuiārangi offered an accessible teaching programme that meant I didn't have to move away from home in North Hokianga. I’ve grown personally and professionally through my studies making my whānau/hapū proud. I was employed by a school immediately after completing, am now focusing on my teacher registration, and planning to return to study for a Master of Indigenous Studies

You too can help facilitate the learning journey of future leaders. Study with us in 2021 and become a teacher!
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1512 days ago

Rotary hoe or tiller wanted

Sally from Wellsford

Looking to buy a small rotary hoe if anyone is keen to sell

Price: $99

1512 days ago

Win a Vegepod worth over $500.

Reporter Sunday Star Times

Until the 11th of October, purchase a regional newspaper or the Sunday Star-Times, find the daily code and go into win 1 of 100 medium vegepod and trolley stands. Find out more

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