Aged Care Employee Day
August 7 is Aged Care Employee Day. Today, we take the opportunity to honour our compassionate and dedicated carers. Introducing Helen Danielsen, who has worked in the Special Care Unit at Ernest Rutherford Village for 15 years.
When Senior Caregiver Helen Danielsen first joined the Ernest Rutherford Special Care team, it was working the night shift as it was the perfect job to manage while she raised her children as a single mum.
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Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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60.2% Summer
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37.6% Winter
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2.2% Other - I'll share below
Poll: Do you think these are the best areas for denser housing?
A controversial plan change that could see three-by-three housing density rules in Hamilton is set to be considered by the council in a meeting this week.
And city hall has released its preference for where it would go.
Do you think these are the best areas for denser housing? Tell us your thoughts in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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13.5% Yes
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75.7% No
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10.8% Not sure
Vanuatu family members wait for news after 7.3 earthquake
Despite frantic phone calls and scouring Facebook, Waikato residents with family in Vanuatu are struggling to make contact after a devastating earthquake.
“To be honest, I’m scared,” said Apia Yawha, an international student who doesn’t yet know how his family is.
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