Hillcrest, Hamilton

Have you made your house all Christmassy yet?

Have you made your house all Christmassy yet?

Why not share a snap to be in to win spot prizes! (and the title of NZ's Merriest Home)

1455 days ago
1455 days ago

Do you know what to do in the garden this weekend?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Our ezine Get Growing has all the info you need. This week, we say reap the rewards of growing your own cherries. Cover tomatoes to beat the birds, protect crops from windy weather, label seedheads for saving, move potted crops into partial shade, and plump up garlic, onions and shallots.
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Our ezine Get Growing has all the info you need. This week, we say reap the rewards of growing your own cherries. Cover tomatoes to beat the birds, protect crops from windy weather, label seedheads for saving, move potted crops into partial shade, and plump up garlic, onions and shallots.
Turn pine cones into a summery wreath; take a look at Yates new book Top Edible Plants for Pots (and how not to kill them); plus go in the draw to win Kent & Stowe hand tools from Tui and a 2021 NZ Gardener Garden Diary.

Subscribe now for more great tips and prizes!

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1455 days ago

New Zealand Summer Colour Forecast 2021

Robert Anderson from Curtain Clean Hamilton

As global colour trends evolve, our unique New Zealand landscapes compel a reinvestigation into how colour is interpreted in our homes and lifestyles. Three homegrown brands have collaborated to provide insight into how top colour trends for 2021 are interpreted within the New Zealand lifestyle and… View moreAs global colour trends evolve, our unique New Zealand landscapes compel a reinvestigation into how colour is interpreted in our homes and lifestyles. Three homegrown brands have collaborated to provide insight into how top colour trends for 2021 are interpreted within the New Zealand lifestyle and design ethos.

“A rolling organic shape that defies seating, hand crafted with the use of modern machinery to create furniture on a global scale.”


New Zealand designed and manufactured, the Harper Chair by David Shaw is the canvas upon which these colour trends are explored. Made to order at their design house in Christchurch, the Harper chair draws its inspiration from the natural lines of our landscapes. Its organic shape emulating the natural movements and shapes of New Zealands beloved coastal regions and mountains. Constructed from sustainable timbers, the Harper chair holds the colours and texture of the Vintage Deux by Mokum velvet fabric beautifully, reflecting the truest essence of the colours in question.

“Colour trends inspired by our New Zealand landscapes, bringing calm and comfort.”


While nature itself has long been a common inspiration for home décor, in New Zealand this is particularly true as we are heavily influenced by our diverse and striking surroundings. Globally trending colours, blues, greens and blacks are epitomised in our unique tonal variations that can be found in our native forests, extensive coastlines and high country landscapes.


Read the rest: www.curtainclean.co.nz...

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1455 days ago

A snowy glow

The Team from

Add a gentle warmth to your Christmas decorations with painted candle holders made from jars and your favourite Resene testpot colours.

Make the most of this weekend with this easy step by step project idea from Australian Women's Weekly and Resene. Find out how to create your own.

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1456 days ago

Better balance is easy!

The Team from ACC New Zealand

Maintaining your balance is key to enjoying life and avoiding falls. With the easy-to-use app called Nymbl, you can improve your balance and live falls free.

You just need a smartphone or tablet. With Nymbl you’ll use simple and safe body movements and easy brain challenges like trivia. … View more
Maintaining your balance is key to enjoying life and avoiding falls. With the easy-to-use app called Nymbl, you can improve your balance and live falls free.

You just need a smartphone or tablet. With Nymbl you’ll use simple and safe body movements and easy brain challenges like trivia. It’s a technique called dual-tasking and it’s proven to be effective, it’s also fun. Just 10 minutes a day in the comfort of your own home and you can be Nymbl.

Register now to get Nymbl free. Nymbl is brought to you by Live Stronger For Longer and ACC, MOH and HQSC.
Register now

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1456 days ago

Change a life this Christmas!

World Vision

Don't just give the same old thing this year.

Give a World Vision Smiles gift guaranteed to change lives!

When you gift a goat or help a girl get an education in honour of your friends or family, you can change the world for kids and families in great need.

No other gift can compare… View more
Don't just give the same old thing this year.

Give a World Vision Smiles gift guaranteed to change lives!

When you gift a goat or help a girl get an education in honour of your friends or family, you can change the world for kids and families in great need.

No other gift can compare to a pathway out of poverty. A goat will give a family nutritious milk and extra income! Make every gift count this Christmas.

Each gift comes with a card explaining your extraordinary impact. No wrapping – win!
Find out more

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1456 days ago

Neighbours Day 2021

The Team from Neighbours Aotearoa

Neighbours Day Aotearoa on March 20th-30th 2021 has even more ways you can get involved this year! Our theme for 2021 is 'The Great Plant Swap' and if you are one of the first 200 to register with us, we will send you a packet of seeds to get you started!

If you love your annual BBQ, … View more
Neighbours Day Aotearoa on March 20th-30th 2021 has even more ways you can get involved this year! Our theme for 2021 is 'The Great Plant Swap' and if you are one of the first 200 to register with us, we will send you a packet of seeds to get you started!

If you love your annual BBQ, street party or the like - that is awesome! Get in early with your registration and tell us about the event you're planning and we'll send you seeds too! (We are good like that!)

We are also encouraging people to write something about their neighbours, communities and/or acts of neighbourliness with Notes for neighbours - poems, reflections or any sort of note! We will share these on our Facebook, Instagram and website and 5 will be chosen to be made into posters to share across the country.

Check out our website and register your event, big or small today!

www.neighboursday.org.nz...

1456 days ago

Winnie the Pooh collection.

Lily from Tamahere

Does not include the wall hanger and Striped Pooh.

Price: $40

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1456 days ago

For Sale: 2-bdrm unit Hamilton East

Kirsten from Hamilton East

For Sale by Owner - $275,000

• Albert Street ground-floor unit in a complex of 8
• Size: 66 m2
• 2 bedrooms with inbuilt wardrobes
• 2 carpark spaces
• Front and rear courtyards
• Storage shed 2.8m X 1m… View more
For Sale by Owner - $275,000

• Albert Street ground-floor unit in a complex of 8
• Size: 66 m2
• 2 bedrooms with inbuilt wardrobes
• 2 carpark spaces
• Front and rear courtyards
• Storage shed 2.8m X 1m
• New shower in bathroom
• Recent upgrades to kitchen
• Separate space for washing machine with tub
• Security door at front and insect screens on windows at rear
• Reroof of whole complex just completed

My husband and I have been owner occupiers for 5 years, but are now selling up to move overseas to be with family in England.

Body Corporate fees (includes insurance): $2,183.07 annually

Rental appraisal: 330 per/wk
Vacant possession.

CV: $250,000
Hamilton City Council rates: $1,410.08
Waikato Regional Council rates: $279.03

Please call Kirsten for more information on 0273588499 or email kirsten.cliff@gmail.com

Negotiable

1456 days ago

We Say, You Say: Swimming Spots

Neighbourly.co.nz

Hi Hamilton,

Would you be put off by a health warning at your local swimming spot?

Around 100 popular swimming locations across the country have been slapped with health warnings for the summer season this year.

Local councils reported long-term poor water quality due to the presence of … View more
Hi Hamilton,

Would you be put off by a health warning at your local swimming spot?

Around 100 popular swimming locations across the country have been slapped with health warnings for the summer season this year.

Local councils reported long-term poor water quality due to the presence of algal blooms and high concentrations of sediment in popular swimming spots like Lake Rotorua, Waikanae Beach and Paraparaumu Beach. Some of these sites have had consistently low scoring that local councils have stopped monitoring them and have instead posted long-term warning signs against swimming.

Swimmers that ignore signs risk gastrointestinal illnesses and respiratory diseases from water made hazardous by farm runoff, sewage contamination and high bacteria counts.

Share your thoughts below and don't forget to type NFP if you don't want your comments featured in the conversations section of your local paper.
Read more here

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1457 days ago

Experience the Ryman Care Difference

It’s hard to put your finger on why Ryman care centres just feel different. Perhaps it’s our constant drive to improve through innovations such as our myRyman Care app and Delicious menu, or perhaps it’s the genuine warmth of the care we provide.

Our 'Experience the Care Difference’… View more
It’s hard to put your finger on why Ryman care centres just feel different. Perhaps it’s our constant drive to improve through innovations such as our myRyman Care app and Delicious menu, or perhaps it’s the genuine warmth of the care we provide.

Our 'Experience the Care Difference’ guide paints a picture of the care, kindness and comfort that our residents experience every day. It offers a comprehensive guide to rest home, hospital and specialist dementia care, as well as our serviced apartment options. So, for the inside knowledge into what makes a Ryman care centre different, check out our guide.
Learn more

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1457 days ago

Addictive Eaters Anonymous

The Team from Addictive Eaters Anonymous - Hamilton

AEA is not a diet or weight loss organisation. AEA members follow a Twelve Step programme, based on that of Alcoholics Anonymous. Through working the Steps, members find a Higher Power and freedom from the obsession with food. Members share their experience with newcomers of how they have found … View moreAEA is not a diet or weight loss organisation. AEA members follow a Twelve Step programme, based on that of Alcoholics Anonymous. Through working the Steps, members find a Higher Power and freedom from the obsession with food. Members share their experience with newcomers of how they have found sobriety.

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1457 days ago

FEMALE FLATMATE WANTED

Libby from Tamahere

FEMALE FLATMATE WANTED in the Waikato, to share a one year old cottage in Bruntwood, Tamahere, with one other female tenant. Rent is $180 pw plus sharing costs for electricity, gas, and internet. No pets, no smokers. This is a new architecturally designed, furnished cottage, with rural views, … View moreFEMALE FLATMATE WANTED in the Waikato, to share a one year old cottage in Bruntwood, Tamahere, with one other female tenant. Rent is $180 pw plus sharing costs for electricity, gas, and internet. No pets, no smokers. This is a new architecturally designed, furnished cottage, with rural views, privacy, tasteful decor, all new appliances, lock up garage, outdoor living space, and a close commute to Hamilton or Cambridge. The prospective flatmate would have a spacious unfurnished bedroom with a walk in wardrobe, temperature controlled heating, and wifi and TV points. References are required. I am happy to answer questions and arrange a viewing.

Contact Libby Moon 0211621273

For application: Please email me a bit about yourself, references, and a contact phone number

libbiemoon@gmail.com

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1457 days ago

Complete Guide To Treehouses book (2nd ed)

Cordwainer from Melville

Complete Guide To Treehouses (2nd ed)

P Schmidt


2016 edition. Cool Springs Press, 2012

Paperback, 224 pages, colour illustrated.… View more
Complete Guide To Treehouses (2nd ed)

P Schmidt


2016 edition. Cool Springs Press, 2012

Paperback, 224 pages, colour illustrated.

27.18 x 20.83cm

Treehouses are more popular today than ever before. The original treehouse book, "The Complete Guide: Build Your Kids a Treehouse, " was published in 2007.

This expanded edition features all-new treehouses shown in complete step by step detail, along with full plans. Also includes an expanded inspiration section, offering a wider variety of unique and interesting treehouses that generate ideas and excitement.

Exciting book for parents or grandparents to use with their children.

Price: $20

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1457 days ago

Corner Shelf Free

Deepak from Silverdale

Free to a good home - you have to pick up.

Located in Silverdale.

Free

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