Piha - Karekare, Piha

Love hearing about people in our communities?

Love hearing about people in our communities?

Read posts from interesting Kiwis on our Know Thy Neighbour page.

1098 days ago

Diploma Chefs cook featuring smoked fish

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

First week of the Level 5 Diploma students being back at the school and presenting some complex, flavorful dishes made up of smoked fish.
Here are the dish photos and some of the dishes by our Diploma students -

• Cold and hot smoked salmon and rillette of smoked salmon with white asparagus
• … View more
First week of the Level 5 Diploma students being back at the school and presenting some complex, flavorful dishes made up of smoked fish.
Here are the dish photos and some of the dishes by our Diploma students -

• Cold and hot smoked salmon and rillette of smoked salmon with white asparagus
• Whole smoked mackerel with egg Royale and pickled onion
• Smoked Kahawai dip with oat crackers
• Pickled and smoked herring on rye bread
• Homemade rye bread served with our previously prepared pickles

1099 days ago

Diploma Chefs cook featuring smoked fish

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

First week of the Level 5 Diploma students being back at the school and presenting some complex, flavorful dishes made up of smoked fish.
Here are the dish photos and some of the dishes by our Diploma students -

• Cold and hot smoked salmon and toilette of smoked salmon with white asparagus
• … View more
First week of the Level 5 Diploma students being back at the school and presenting some complex, flavorful dishes made up of smoked fish.
Here are the dish photos and some of the dishes by our Diploma students -

• Cold and hot smoked salmon and toilette of smoked salmon with white asparagus
• Whole smoked mackerel with egg Royale and pickled onion
• Smoked Kahawai dip with oat crackers
• Pickled and smoked herring on rye bread
• Homemade rye bread served with our previously prepared pickles

1098 days ago

Meet the 2 Hawke's Bay gardeners up for our 2021 Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

They want to create an app to make it easier for gardeners to share and swap crops and seeds. Read their story and don't forget to vote!

Image
1099 days ago

More amazing gardeners up for the 2021 Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year!

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

These Palmerston North green thumbs ensure hospice patients and their families get to enjoy flowers, foliage and fragrance. Read their story, then don't forget to vote for them!

Image
1101 days ago

DRONE

Saphir from Henderson

Does anyone know why there is a Drone flying over the Houses in Stephen Avenue?

1100 days ago

15 residents at Henderson rest home now have tested positive for Covid

Melanie Earley Reporter from Western Leader

Kia ora neighbours, unfortunately 15 residents and four staff members at a care home in Henderson have tested positive for Covid-19.

It brings the total number of cases related to the rest home to 19.

A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said on Wednesday three of the elderly patients were receiving … View more
Kia ora neighbours, unfortunately 15 residents and four staff members at a care home in Henderson have tested positive for Covid-19.

It brings the total number of cases related to the rest home to 19.

A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said on Wednesday three of the elderly patients were receiving care at North Shore Hospital.

Read the full story at the link below

Image
P
1100 days ago

Bissell lift-off Professional vacuum

Peter from Henderson

Bissell professional vacuum,
excellent condition ,with instruction book
great suction, lots of accessories. can lift lift-off tank and use as small seperate vacuum
bagless tank
this tank ,has a lid the has the hinge part broken but my fix is the red tape, which works just as well
I have used like … View more
Bissell professional vacuum,
excellent condition ,with instruction book
great suction, lots of accessories. can lift lift-off tank and use as small seperate vacuum
bagless tank
this tank ,has a lid the has the hinge part broken but my fix is the red tape, which works just as well
I have used like this for about a Year
everything else works as it should
No reasonable offer refused , great machine and my daughter has given me a stick vacuum so that is only reason this one is for sale
pick up henderson heights
negotiable

Negotiable

1100 days ago

Meet the 2021 Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year finalist from Matakana

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Trish Allen is giving away her garden harvest -- again! During the 2020 lockdown, she gave away over 140kg in fruit from her home orchard. This year, she didn’t have fruit to swap but her vegetable garden was packed with winter crops. “I had masses of broccoli, cauliflower, kale, silverbeet and… View moreTrish Allen is giving away her garden harvest -- again! During the 2020 lockdown, she gave away over 140kg in fruit from her home orchard. This year, she didn’t have fruit to swap but her vegetable garden was packed with winter crops. “I had masses of broccoli, cauliflower, kale, silverbeet and French sorrel. So I gave out a lot of parcels of those to anyone I knew who needed it.”

Image
1101 days ago

The Complete Christmas Experience

Christmas Heirloom Company

The Christmas Heirloom Company™ stores capture the true magic of Christmas. Visit one of our amazing stores throughout New Zealand.

With an array of Christmas trees, decorations and table décor, we strive to provide you with high quality products for your individual requirements. Since 1986 … View more
The Christmas Heirloom Company™ stores capture the true magic of Christmas. Visit one of our amazing stores throughout New Zealand.

With an array of Christmas trees, decorations and table décor, we strive to provide you with high quality products for your individual requirements. Since 1986 we have become a Christmas tradition.

Our beautiful stores are open now throughout the North Island. Don’t miss out on this one of kind Christmas experience.

View our store locations: https://christmasheirloom.com/our-stores/
Find out more

Image
1101 days ago

Let’s keep it clean

Auckland Council

Let’s keep your neighbourhood clean. If you see illegally dumped rubbish report it 24/7 by calling Auckland Council on 0800 NO DUMP.

Dumpers will be fined up to thirty thousand dollars.

Donate or dispose of your items properly. For more information visit … View more
Let’s keep your neighbourhood clean. If you see illegally dumped rubbish report it 24/7 by calling Auckland Council on 0800 NO DUMP.

Dumpers will be fined up to thirty thousand dollars.

Donate or dispose of your items properly. For more information visit aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/rubbishandrecycling.
Find out more

Image
1102 days ago

An apologetic love letter to the Henderson Covid Testing Station🥰

Fiona from Henderson

Well, it was time for the weekly Covid testing (job requirement).

Have I told you how much I love each test?
If I have, I WAS LYING!!!

We normally go to the wonderful people down at the Henderson branch.
They are so caring, so sensitive and oh so gentle.
All of them possess a great sense of … View more
Well, it was time for the weekly Covid testing (job requirement).

Have I told you how much I love each test?
If I have, I WAS LYING!!!

We normally go to the wonderful people down at the Henderson branch.
They are so caring, so sensitive and oh so gentle.
All of them possess a great sense of humour.

We try to go early before the hoards line up, but this morning, everyone had the same idea.
It must be those positive results discovered at the retirement place that has got so many lined up to be tested.

Anyway, so we popped into another one closer to work and apart from the wheel aligning massive potholes, everything was plodding along nicely.
The lanes (yes two lanes) were moving along quite quickly.
“Excellent”, we thought.

Our turn came. The man was done first … bleeding heck!!
The solitary tear that trickled down his cheek, the really watery eyes and let's not forget the extra loud cough he had to do to clear his nasal passage that made us all jump.

Next, I was up – “here we go”, I thought.

OMG!!! I saw stars, I saw the rings around Saturn, she went deep and hard.
It felt as though I could breathe fire through that nostril when she had finished – it was a real stinger!
I even asked her if she had found my belly button while she was there.

She may have shot the swab up into our nasal passages via a cannon or maybe she took a running start but believe me, this is the deepest any of the testers have gone and boy, we could feel it - it was really uncomfortable.

Now, the decision has been made, we won’t be using that branch again and we feel as though we have been caught cheating on our beloved Henderson branch and this was the price we had to pay.

I will have to grovel now to them and apologise for being disloyal – maybe I should bring chocolate?

I’m sorry Henderson Branch, you are simply the best and we will never again stray or look at another.

See you on Monday morning for that gentle touch that you all have.

From your loyal fans – take care.

Image
1102 days ago

Meet Alexandria Lindsay, our 2021 Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year finalist from Waitara

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

Alexandria Te Ripeka "Pearl" Lindsay (Te Āti Awa o Taranaki) started gardening to grow her own food -- and now she's growing food for her community too.

Image
1102 days ago

There, they're and their!

NumberWorks'nWords Henderson

There, they’re and their are the big trio of commonly confused words with all three of them pronounced the same.
- There means the opposite of here; “at that place.”
- They’re is a contraction of “they are” or “they were.”
- Their means “belongs to them.”

Image
1102 days ago

Looking to buy!

Shradha from Henderson

If anyone has one to sell please message me. This is all sold out online 😢

Image
1102 days ago

Meet our first finalist for the 2021 Ryman Healthcare Gardener of the Year

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

Get to know Darfield gardener Bronwyn Adams-Hooper, who runs a horticulture programme for the 18- to 21-year-olds serving time in the youth unit at Christchurch Men’s Prison. With her help, they've been growing veges that win awards at their local A&P show.

Image
Top