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22 days ago

Red Cross Disaster Welfare Support Volunteer - Hamilton

Waikato Service Centre from Red Cross - Waikato Service Centre

Support your community before and during an emergency. Join your local Disaster Welfare and Support Team (DWST). Please follow link to our website for more information or to apply.

**Key Duties**
You could be deployed to assist in a flood, fire or other large-scale emergencies, and you’ll help with a range of activities that could include:

- Setting up and providing support in evacuation centers
- Undertaking needs assessments to understand what support people need
- Providing psychosocial support

**Volunteer requirements for DWST**
- 16+ Years Old
- Physically fit
- A good communicator
- Able to commit to your team for at least 12 months
- Able to pass New Zealand Police Check (support Services child/youth)
- Able to provide 2 referees for character check

Support your community during an emergency, join your local Disaster Welfare and Support Team (DWST) and help people prepare for disasters and to get through when an emergency or disaster happens.

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2 days ago

Poll: Should drivers retake the theory test every 10 years?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Drivers get where they need to go, but sometimes it seems that we are all abiding by different road rules (for example, the varying ways drivers indicate around a roundabout).
Do you think drivers should be required to take a quick driving theory test every 10 years?

Vote in the poll and share any road rules that you've seen bent! 😱

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Should drivers retake the theory test every 10 years?
  • 50.2% Yes
    50.2% Complete
  • 47.9% No
    47.9% Complete
  • 1.9% Other - I'll share below
    1.9% Complete
2322 votes
1 day ago

Poll: Do you think the dogs should be able to run free at this garden centre?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

A dispute over dogs at a Paeroa garden centre has led to a $300 fine, neighbours honking air horns, spying allegations and questions over whether a business is a “public place”.

Donna Jamieson’s three dogs are her world, and part of the Country Dog Garden Centre experience.

However, various people have complained to Hauraki District Council about barking and off-leash dogs at the business. The council says they can’t be, and recently fined Jamieson $300 for a breach.

Do you think the dogs should be able to run free at this garden centre? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Do you think the dogs should be able to run free at this garden centre?
  • 28.1% Yes
    28.1% Complete
  • 3.1% Not sure
    3.1% Complete
  • 68.8% No
    68.8% Complete
32 votes
2 hours ago

What do you think of the new visitor centre?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

It’s Hamilton Gardens as you’ve never seen it before, and unless you live in the area, it will now cost you a little more.

The new Gallagher Visitor Centre opened to the media on Tuesday, after months of work.

What do you think of the new visitor centre? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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