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Recently I posted regarding someone to spend nights with a friend of mine - which was what was needed at the time. However circumstances have changed and her Daughter -in-Law is now wanting a LIVE-IN person to … View moreRecently I posted regarding someone to spend nights with a friend of mine - which was what was needed at the time. However circumstances have changed and her Daughter -in-Law is now wanting a LIVE-IN person to assist with care and provide companionship for her Mother-in-Law who is a delightful, humorous lady in her 90's. She just wants to spend the time she has left in this world in her own familiar surroundings. Care workers call in 3 times a day at the moment and that 's something that could be incorporated into the arrangement. If you are interested in providing the security she needs to stay in her own home then please give Cathie a call on 0274815425. Thanks : )
Two communion services on Sunday. 8am Communion and quarterly communion service at 10.00am. All welcome.
Hi there, it's nice to 'meet' you. You might be new to Homed so I thought I'd let you know we're the new-ish kid on the block when it comes to serving up inspiring ideas for your home and outdoor spaces.
We'd love to hear from you - especially if you have a … View moreHi there, it's nice to 'meet' you. You might be new to Homed so I thought I'd let you know we're the new-ish kid on the block when it comes to serving up inspiring ideas for your home and outdoor spaces.
We'd love to hear from you - especially if you have a fabulous or interesting home you'd like to share with your neighbours and our audience.
Otherwise, stay posted for great ideas coming your way. You can find us at www.homed.co.nz... and hear a little more from me in the video.
Bye for now.
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It is a pretty nice place I must say!
Are you buying gifts online this festive season? You can make sure they arrive at your place first time with Parcel Leave. Simply tell us where to leave your parcel if you can’t be home to sign for it. It could be in the playhouse, under the BBQ, next to the shed or anywhere else that’s nice … View moreAre you buying gifts online this festive season? You can make sure they arrive at your place first time with Parcel Leave. Simply tell us where to leave your parcel if you can’t be home to sign for it. It could be in the playhouse, under the BBQ, next to the shed or anywhere else that’s nice and dry.
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Sleigh bells are ringing and the end of the year is approaching. We've been celebrating the lead up to Christmas by giving away sacks of goodies to our members! Today is day THREE of our 12 days of Christmas celebrations...
Make sure you keep checking our Christmas Blog each day to see if … View moreSleigh bells are ringing and the end of the year is approaching. We've been celebrating the lead up to Christmas by giving away sacks of goodies to our members! Today is day THREE of our 12 days of Christmas celebrations...
Make sure you keep checking our Christmas Blog each day to see if you, or your neighbour have won something special from us!
Hi all, looking to find a caterer for a small wedding next year in Hastings area, nothing fancy, just wondering if anyone knows of any organisations or clubs that do this as a fundraiser eg: kindergartens etc. Cheers
Children of all ages and adults are invited to a special celebration at St John's Presbyterian Church, 608 Frederick Street, Hastings, at 4:00pm on 24 December.
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Hi neighbours! As part of our Christmas celebrations, we're holding a Christmas 1 DAY SALE this Thursday 7th Dec! Pop in and see us to get a whole heap of awesome savings and gear up for the festive season ahead. We have Ryans cooked ham for $7.99 kg, Bouton D'or cheese for $1.99 each, … View moreHi neighbours! As part of our Christmas celebrations, we're holding a Christmas 1 DAY SALE this Thursday 7th Dec! Pop in and see us to get a whole heap of awesome savings and gear up for the festive season ahead. We have Ryans cooked ham for $7.99 kg, Bouton D'or cheese for $1.99 each, plus loads more. We look forward to seeing you in-store!
Hot weather has meant outdoor water use has ramped up. To fulfil consent requirements and make sure we all have access to the water we need restrictions have come in today. Water gardens every second day and in the evening or early morning.
Our young men are being exposed to violence and pornography in ever increasing amounts, and it is changing the way our young men think, and what they perceive is normal behaviour. Will you help us RAISE OUR BOYS by talking about Respectful Relationships and Respectful Sexual Relationships?
Find … View moreOur young men are being exposed to violence and pornography in ever increasing amounts, and it is changing the way our young men think, and what they perceive is normal behaviour. Will you help us RAISE OUR BOYS by talking about Respectful Relationships and Respectful Sexual Relationships?
Find out how to talk to your sons and use our Toolboxes at www.whiteribbon.org.nz or watch the film ‘Raise Our Men’ which provides an insight into how men are socialised into using violence. Help us end men’s violence towards women now.
Taradale businesses are celebrating Christmas in Taradale and you are invited !!
Gloucester Street and the Lee Road carpark will come alive with entertainment, displays, giveaways, market stalls and loads of FREE children’s entertainment for the day.
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Come on down and … View moreTaradale businesses are celebrating Christmas in Taradale and you are invited !!
Gloucester Street and the Lee Road carpark will come alive with entertainment, displays, giveaways, market stalls and loads of FREE children’s entertainment for the day.
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Come on down and enjoy some of the great activities with the family;
• Santa will arrive in style and be escorted down Gloucester Street then be in the Lee Road carpark from 10am to 12noon - make sure get a photo and put your Christmas order in.
• FREE Parking
• FREE Face-painting
• FREE Bouncy Castle
• FREE candy floss with the team from ASB Bank Taradale
• Balloon Animals and fairy wonderfulness with Fairy Rosebud
• Giant Bubbles with Bubbles in the Bay
• All our wonderful Cafés and Restaurants will be open and offering plenty of yummy treats to satisfy the celebratory mood.
• Entertainment from the Napier Pipe Band , Sounds of Hawkes Bay Chorus and more.
• Meet the gorgeous ponies from Pony Hire Meeanee Road.
• Get some early Christmas shopping with loads of Market stalls in Gloucester Street including hand crafts, gifts, Soy Candles, jewellery, gift baskets, plants, Christmas raffles, Lions Christmas Cakes, shop special tables and much much more.
• The Christmas Shoppe is open in the Taradale Town Hall from 10am – 4pm with Santa visiting from 12noon – 1pm.
While in town make sure you take a stroll up Gloucester Street and take-a-look at the Wooden Christmas Tree Community Art Project and enter the People’s Choice award. Thirty-nine gorgeously decorated Wooden Christmas Trees will be on display giving Taradale a real festive feel, thanks to the schools, individuals and artists who decorated them. By voting for your favourite you could WIN $100 of Resene Vouchers for yourself and $200 worth of Resene Vouchers for the favourite school.
Well folks, it's been a crazy busy term, with work and study, assignments, maths club, birthdays, preparing for Christmas (oh cripes, thats only 20 days away 😱) and all the day to day minutiae of being a parent. But we are all nearly there. Whew! 8 days to go (we finish at lunchtime next … View moreWell folks, it's been a crazy busy term, with work and study, assignments, maths club, birthdays, preparing for Christmas (oh cripes, thats only 20 days away 😱) and all the day to day minutiae of being a parent. But we are all nearly there. Whew! 8 days to go (we finish at lunchtime next Friday).
The pools are open and fabulous. Get yourself an Aquatics Hastings card and get discounted entry to the public pools. Even the snacks are reasonably priced. Or get yourself a Club Card (available from iSites and Splash Planet with proof of address) and go to Splash Planet.
The Village Library is nearly open, and has the amazing Summer Sparks reading program. It's not just reading this year!
The Village Club has their annual Ham Carve on Sunday morning if you are a member. If you aren't, why not join! The kids will have a blast and you can stuff your faces. Father Christmas will even make a visit, or so I'm told.
Visit Arartaki Honey and check out the yummy selections on offer. Take a jar or pot and get your own, cheaper than the supermarket!
Or visit the MTG. It's free and fabulous!
Or do something completely off the cuff. Let me know what your ideas are.
If you are going away for the holidays, make sure you turn everything off, lock everything up (including pet doors) and let your neighbours know where you are going and when to expect you home. And give them contact details, for emergencies! Growing up in an emergency services family, I heard a lot of stories about people who came home to burglaries and fires and no one had let them know, because they had just gone without word or leaving contact details.
It's heartbreaking to return late at night only to find you had no home/possessions to come home to. I know, it's happened to us. They even stole my brothers socks and the toilet paper!
They must have been clothes horses though, they stole the iron too.
If you have pets, make sure they have somewhere safe to stay and be feed regularly, with fresh water provided every day. For cat families, Pussyfoot Cattery is my recommendation, but you will need to call and check what's happening with them. Louise told me they are on the move after Christmas.
Now, as for school. Our lost property is growing again. Please, before you go home on the last day, make sure to check for any items you may be missing. Even if you think you aren't missing anything, please check. I have returned quite a few jumpers and hats to kids who swore they weren't missing them. There are entire wardrobes with of clothes in the trolley. There are hats, pants, jumpers, shirts, shorts, socks, shoes, scarves, drink bottles, lunch containers, socks and hankies etc. If you find something in their belonging to someone you know, take it for them.
Anything that is not labelled will go to either the op shop or the tip after school closes.
Please, please, please check.
Also check the clothes your kids bring home, to make sure they belong to yours and if they don't, please return them to the school office or lost property trolley. NOT TO THE UNIFORM SHOP! Or, if you know the child/family, directly to them or their classroom. I am still missing my sons jumper from last years cross country. It has/had Levi Smith on the name tag.
If you find anything that doesn't belong to your family over the holidays, I am happy for you to drop it off to me and I will take it in next year. Just send me a message and I'll take care of it.
If you have left any containers at school for the fundraiser, please pop into the hall kitchen and check if they are there. There are named containers "Nettle" and "Peck". We also have a small black velveteen hooded jacket and a Green Lantern super hero cape left over from the fundraiser.
A huge thanks to everyone who has supported Te Mata School over the year, through fundraising, mufti days, discos, parent helping, maths club, school trips, the uniform shop, the lunch ladies, sports event volunteers, pencil sharpeners, glue guns wielders, guillotineers (don't do it when you are tired. It really hurts!), parents/grandparents/aunties/uncles/foster parents and guardians who read with your kids at night, and help with homework and projects, families who pay school donations, and those that don't (please do) and anyone and everyone else.
Thank you to the teachers, support staff, student teachers, teacher aides, Home & School, school board and anyone I may have inadvertently missed. You do a wonderful, hard, hopefully rewarding job, for far too little financial reward.
And most of all, thanks to the kids. Without them we would be a weird group, people would look at sideways, for all we do, with no one to do it for. With them we are an amazing bunch of people doing an amazing job for an amazing bunch of little people, who will, hopefully one day, go on to become amazing big people, doing what they can for the amazing little people in their world.
I think that pretty much covers everything for now. Spot ya on the flip side!
Oh and Merry Christmas; Happy Hanukkah; Blessed Rohatsu; Happy Mawlid an-Nabi; happiness, peace and love to you all. May the New Year bring you all you need and some of what you wish.
Yes, we're over the moon that once again we can deliver this year's Community Christmas Day lunch again. Due to overwhelming support from some local businesses, the big day is on again!
We've got a magnificent team on the job, Santa's sleigh bells are starting to ring, the … View moreYes, we're over the moon that once again we can deliver this year's Community Christmas Day lunch again. Due to overwhelming support from some local businesses, the big day is on again!
We've got a magnificent team on the job, Santa's sleigh bells are starting to ring, the hams are on their way and plenty of happy people are on the list to come along.
What I'd love you all to do is pass the message onto anyone you feel could do with some company, or needs a helping hand at what can otherwise be a time of the year that's a bit overwhelming. The details are on the leaflet here.
We have enough volunteers already and thanks to those who have offered their time - you're truly amazing.
For those already booked in, you're in for the time of your life! We can't wait.
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