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2559 days ago

Conservation Week photo competition

The Team from Department of Conservation

It's competition time! Show us how you're loving your backyard this Conservation Week , and you could win a conservation experience on iconic Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara !

You could be setting up a backyard trap, participating in a community conservation group, planting a native tree … View more
It's competition time! Show us how you're loving your backyard this Conservation Week , and you could win a conservation experience on iconic Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara !

You could be setting up a backyard trap, participating in a community conservation group, planting a native tree or cleaning up beaches or streams.

Find out more here:
www.doc.govt.nz...

#LoveMyBackYard #ConservationWeek

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2560 days ago

Don't be an egg, win a $200 Prezzy® card!

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Our friends at Electric Kiwi presented us with a challenge - so we had a crack... Check out our “Don’t be an egg” video! We think it’s pretty egg-septional.

Think you can do a better job than the Neighbourly team? We’re egg-stending the challenge to Neighbourly members, and there’s a… View more
Our friends at Electric Kiwi presented us with a challenge - so we had a crack... Check out our “Don’t be an egg” video! We think it’s pretty egg-septional.

Think you can do a better job than the Neighbourly team? We’re egg-stending the challenge to Neighbourly members, and there’s a $200 Prezzy® card on offer for one lucky Neighbourly member.

Simply post your "Don't be an egg, switch to the Kiwi" clip on Electric Kiwi’s Facebook page with the hashtag #SwitchToTheKiwi, and tag Neighbourly in your message to let us know you’ve entered. Check out Electric Kiwi's competition guidelines here.

We'll announce the Neighbourly winner on 31 October 2017, so you better get cracking!

2562 days ago

Plant these... stamps?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

You read that right! Why not try something new this spring and grow your own collection of these special seeded stamps from New Zealand Post (philately sure is different in the 21st century). These gummed stamps are affixed with seeds (also available without seeds) and come with growing … View moreYou read that right! Why not try something new this spring and grow your own collection of these special seeded stamps from New Zealand Post (philately sure is different in the 21st century). These gummed stamps are affixed with seeds (also available without seeds) and come with growing instructions. Available singly or in sets as well as miniature sheets and first day covers. NZ Post has more information on its website.

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2563 days ago

Congratulations to our winners!

Student Job Search

Congratulations to our winners! Check your emails to see if you have won 5 hours of household help from Student Job Search. Thank you to everyone who entered - If you’re still looking for some extra help at home (or at the office!) you can list a job for FREE online with Student Job Search, or … View moreCongratulations to our winners! Check your emails to see if you have won 5 hours of household help from Student Job Search. Thank you to everyone who entered - If you’re still looking for some extra help at home (or at the office!) you can list a job for FREE online with Student Job Search, or call 0800 757 565 and we’ll find a local student in your neighbourhood to get the job done! Find out more

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2565 days ago

Petunia power

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Looking for some pretty petunias? Proven Winners NZ is supporting the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation by donating 50 cents for every Bubblegum Petunia purchased, from Oct 1.

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2565 days ago

Today is International Day of the Older Persons!

The Team from Age Concern New Zealand

Today is International Day of the Older Persons (IDOP). IDOP has been celebrated around the world since 1991. It’s a day to highlight the significant contributions older people bring to society and to raise awareness of issues affecting older people such as abuse and discrimination. Join Age … View moreToday is International Day of the Older Persons (IDOP). IDOP has been celebrated around the world since 1991. It’s a day to highlight the significant contributions older people bring to society and to raise awareness of issues affecting older people such as abuse and discrimination. Join Age Concern today as we celebrate the important role older people have in our society.

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2567 days ago

Register your event this Conservation Week

The Team from Department of Conservation

It’s Conservation Week next month. You can celebrate by showing your backyard some love, through getting involved in activities and events either in your own backyard or in our big New Zealand backyard.

Do you have a conservation event that you’d like to have featured on our website? List… View more
It’s Conservation Week next month. You can celebrate by showing your backyard some love, through getting involved in activities and events either in your own backyard or in our big New Zealand backyard.

Do you have a conservation event that you’d like to have featured on our website? List it here: List your event

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2568 days ago

Jan Bolwell's @Bill Massey's Tourist's' Tonight, 7.30pm Old Lodge Theatre

Vaughan Bradley from Hokitika Regent Theatre

A granddaughter tells her grandfather’s story

Consummate performer Jan Bolwell plays her adolescent self, encouraging her grandfather Arthur to talk about the First World War. What follows is a gripping, painful and sometimes hilarious tale of a young Kiwi soldier from the Otago Mounted Rifles… View more
A granddaughter tells her grandfather’s story

Consummate performer Jan Bolwell plays her adolescent self, encouraging her grandfather Arthur to talk about the First World War. What follows is a gripping, painful and sometimes hilarious tale of a young Kiwi soldier from the Otago Mounted Rifles (one of Bill Massey’s tourists) and his survival from the tragedy of Passchendaele. It is a story that also features song and dance.

“This exceptional performer, Jan Bolwell, is blessed with an irrepressible joie-de-vivre that communicates itself instantly to the audience, so that her grandfather’s story is illuminating and memorable, but also surprisingly enjoyable.” -Terry McTavish

“A terrific script. A great performance. A tale well told. Knocked me for six.”- Raymond Hawthorne

Biography
Jan Bolwell is a playwright, performer, choreographer and director of Wellington’s Crows Feet Dance Collective. In 2014/15 the Collective presented The Armed Man, a full-length dance work about WW1.

‘Bill Massey’s Tourists’ is Jan’s fifth play and the third in a trilogy of solo plays. Standing on my Hands told the story of her father’s WW2 experiences and Here’s Hilda! was the dramatisation of her grandmother’s life. In 2013, together with Sacha Copland and John Smythe, to much acclaim, she toured her play Dancing in the Wake with AOTNZ. Double Portrait, her play about Frances Hodgkins, also toured extensively throughout New Zealand.

In late 2015 Jan was awarded a writer's residency at the Robert Lord Writer's Cottage in Dunedin. She is currently writing a play about Freda du Faur, the first woman to climb Aoraki/ Mount Cook in 1910, and Lydia Bradey the first woman to climb Mount Everest solo without oxygen. The play Taking the High Ground opens at Bats Theatre in Wellington this December. A the moment Jan is directing and choreographing the political satire Destination Beehive 2017 opening next month at Circa Theatre, Wellington.

…conveys with a compelling simplicity what it was like for a 20 year-old New Zealander to be thrown into the maelstrom of bloody war.
Laurie Atkinson

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2570 days ago

Master your knife like a chef? Tell us and WIN

SuperValue Reefton

Hi neighbours! Whether you're perfecting that roast beef, filleting fish with your eyes closed or whipping up that memorised cake recipe that never lets you down, there may be a pro chef in you! Share your pro cooking tip now, and you could win a $100 gift voucher!

We're also offering … View more
Hi neighbours! Whether you're perfecting that roast beef, filleting fish with your eyes closed or whipping up that memorised cake recipe that never lets you down, there may be a pro chef in you! Share your pro cooking tip now, and you could win a $100 gift voucher!

We're also offering you the chance to receive a premium set of Gormé Kitchen Knives in all our stores! All you need to do is shop with us to COLLECT 3 STICKERS in order to REDEEM your KNIVES at a heavily reduced price - up to 75% off! You will receive 1 sticker for every $15 you spend. There are 5 different knives to collect. Perfect for Christmas coming up, a gift for a friend or to add to your home. Start collecting in our store today.

- Your local SuperValue team
Share a tip and WIN

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2570 days ago

International Day of the Older Persons 2017 is on Sunday!

The Team from Age Concern New Zealand

International Day of the Older Persons is on Sunday October 1st. Every year we celebrate the contribution older people bring to society. The theme for this year is “Stepping into the Future: Tapping the Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older Persons in Society.”

On Sunday (and … View more
International Day of the Older Persons is on Sunday October 1st. Every year we celebrate the contribution older people bring to society. The theme for this year is “Stepping into the Future: Tapping the Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older Persons in Society.”

On Sunday (and the rest of the year), remember to acknowledge the wealth of knowledge and skills that New Zealanders aged over 65 bring to our communities.

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2574 days ago

Age Concern Dignity Champions

The Team from Age Concern New Zealand

Do you know what ageism is? It is the discrimination of people on the basis of their age. Unfortunately too many people do not recognise the value older Kiwis bring to society. Age Concern New Zealand wants to change these ageist attitudes and create an inclusive New Zealand where everyone is … View moreDo you know what ageism is? It is the discrimination of people on the basis of their age. Unfortunately too many people do not recognise the value older Kiwis bring to society. Age Concern New Zealand wants to change these ageist attitudes and create an inclusive New Zealand where everyone is supported and valued. Join our social movement to combat ageism in New Zealand by signing up as an Age Concern Dignity Champion. It is FREE and we will even send you a Welcome Pack.

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2575 days ago

The hours are on us!

Student Job Search

ENTER to WIN a hand around the house – on us! 49% of Neighbourly members said they’d like help with gardening, do you agree? Enter your details to WIN 5 hours of work from a local student in your neighbourhood! Whether it be household maintenance, help with the kids, or something else – … View moreENTER to WIN a hand around the house – on us! 49% of Neighbourly members said they’d like help with gardening, do you agree? Enter your details to WIN 5 hours of work from a local student in your neighbourhood! Whether it be household maintenance, help with the kids, or something else – Student Job Search has you covered. We’ll be picking THREE lucky winners so enter now! It’s free to list a job with SJS and we make sure to find the perfect student for your job. Enter HERE and find out for yourself! Enter now

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2578 days ago

Sing Me Back Home - 23rd Sept, Old Lodge Theatre

Vaughan Bradley from Hokitika Regent Theatre

An evening of singer/songwriters delivering their stories in song for you at the Old Lodge Theatre on Saturday 23rd September.

Al Hunter one of our local singer/ songwriters who is currently working on his 4th album. Rated as one of the best singer /songwriters in the country he has a library of… View more
An evening of singer/songwriters delivering their stories in song for you at the Old Lodge Theatre on Saturday 23rd September.

Al Hunter one of our local singer/ songwriters who is currently working on his 4th album. Rated as one of the best singer /songwriters in the country he has a library of dozens of unrecorded songs. His songs come from the heart and he will take you on a journey.

Phil and Lana Doublet, both singer/ songwriters, Phil’s 2nd album Endless Highway being in the finals for country album of the year this year. Lana has had considerable success in various country music singing competitions and is a very accomplished lyricist. Phil also teaches guitar and his ability will tell you why.

Lanae & Bruce Hill from Ashburton have several Gold Guitar Awards in different categories between them. Lanae’s debut album contains all originals apart from one track and she also has connections with Hokitika and the West Coast. Bruce is also an accomplished guitarist and compliments them as a duo.
Des Hetherington needs no introduction to locals. An original ‘Coalranger’ Des has played with many well known artists and had a hand in writing many of the ‘Coalrangers’ most loved songs. Maybe he will do a few on the night.

Cameron Walsh an up and coming 18 year old from Woodend is putting the ‘cool’ back in to country. His recently released album ‘Black Gold’is well worth purchasing with some great covers along with excellent originals. Cam has just recently done a successful ‘Outback’ tour in Australia with several other young kiwi country artists.

An informal evening of personalised stories presented and performed by a cross section of talented people who love to entertain.

Tickets at the Hokitika Regent Theatre or online

www.youtube.com...

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2578 days ago

Fiddler on the Roof - 20 -23rd September

Vaughan Bradley from Hokitika Regent Theatre

This production is the result of almost 6 months work, and as a Westland High School Community Production, it brings together cast members from Greymouth, Hokitika and Kaniere Primary Schools, and our own Hokitika Community.

Fiddler on the Roof is set in Anatevka in 1905 and is based on a … View more
This production is the result of almost 6 months work, and as a Westland High School Community Production, it brings together cast members from Greymouth, Hokitika and Kaniere Primary Schools, and our own Hokitika Community.

Fiddler on the Roof is set in Anatevka in 1905 and is based on a collection of short stories entitled "Tevye and his Daughters" (or "Tevye the Dairyman") and other tales by Sholem Aleichem. The story centres on Tevye, the father of five daughters, and his attempts to maintain his Jewish religious and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon the family's lives. He must cope both with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters, who wish to marry for love – each one's choice of a husband moves further away from the customs of his faith – and with the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village.

This is the last musical that Nick Meissel and Tim Shawcross will be doing together, and both Nick and Tim are taking to the stage in this production, with Nick playing Tevye - The Dairyman and Tim playing Lazar Wolf – The Butcher. Nick will soon be leaving Westland High School to take up a drama teacher role at Dunstan High in Alexandra.
This is a beautiful show, it will make you laugh, smile, and even shed the odd tear

The show starts this Wednesday 20th September at 7.00pm, and will run through to Saturday 23rd with a special matinee performance at 1.00pm as well as the evening performance at 7.00pm.

Cast members include:

Tevye -The Dairyman played by Nick Meissel
Golde - his wife played by Ellie Sutton
Tzeitel - his daughter played by Kieryn Minehan
Hode l- his daughter played by Caitlyn Esson
Chava - his daughter played by Kristyn Lang
Sphrintze - his daughter played by Demi Pearson
Bielke - his daughter (played by Nick's daughter Maddison Meissel)
Lazar Wolf - The butcher played by Tim Shawcross

2578 days ago

Love your backyard this Conservation Week

The Team from Department of Conservation

We Kiwis love our backyard. Whether it's our own gardens, parks or our big Kiwi backyard. Because we love it, we want to take care of it. Conservation Week is a great time to show our backyard some love.

There's plenty of ways for you and your family to take part, and we’ll be adding… View more
We Kiwis love our backyard. Whether it's our own gardens, parks or our big Kiwi backyard. Because we love it, we want to take care of it. Conservation Week is a great time to show our backyard some love.

There's plenty of ways for you and your family to take part, and we’ll be adding more local events soon. For information on backyard activities and events near you, visit: www.conservationweek.org.nz....

Plus, keep an eye out for our photo competition details coming soon!

If you know of other Conservation Week events in your area, you can add them to our list here: www.doc.govt.nz...

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