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17 hours ago

Solve This Riddle or Be Left Scratching Your Head!

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

With pointed fangs, I sit and wait;
with piercing force, I crunch out fate.
I grab victims, proclaiming might,
and physically join with a single bite.
What am I?

Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this … View more
With pointed fangs, I sit and wait;
with piercing force, I crunch out fate.
I grab victims, proclaiming might,
and physically join with a single bite.
What am I?

Do you think you know the answer to our daily riddle? Don't spoil it for your neighbours! Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm.

Want to stop seeing riddles in your newsfeed?
Head here and hover on the Following button on the top right of the page (and it will show Unfollow) and then click it. If it is giving you the option to Follow, then you've successfully unfollowed the Riddles page.

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17 hours ago

FREE Glaucoma NZ public symposium

Glaucoma NZ

Come along to the Glaucoma NZ ‘Love your eyes’ Symposium in North Auckland– a free event for the local community. Register to attend right now.

This is your chance to learn more about glaucoma from Ophthalmologist Mark Donaldson and Optometrist Germaine Joblin. Hear about the latest … View more
Come along to the Glaucoma NZ ‘Love your eyes’ Symposium in North Auckland– a free event for the local community. Register to attend right now.

This is your chance to learn more about glaucoma from Ophthalmologist Mark Donaldson and Optometrist Germaine Joblin. Hear about the latest treatments and surgeries. And what you need to know about glaucoma tests and eye drops. Have a question about glaucoma? Get it answered during the event Q&A time.

Morning tea will follow question time. Feel free to bring a friend or family member. Save your seat by registering online now.
Find out more

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17 hours ago

Matamata Retirement Showhome now open

Matamata Club

If you’d like to experience the pinnacle of luxury and comfort in a retirement home, come visit our stunning new showhome at Matamata Country Club.

While we could list all its incredible features, words don’t do it justice so come feel the elegance and warmth for yourself.

We can’t … View more
If you’d like to experience the pinnacle of luxury and comfort in a retirement home, come visit our stunning new showhome at Matamata Country Club.

While we could list all its incredible features, words don’t do it justice so come feel the elegance and warmth for yourself.

We can’t wait to give you a tour!
Find out more

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17 hours ago

Integrity. Passion. Professionalism.

Bayleys Adam Heazlewood

No.1 Bayleys Canterbury Residential 2017 – 2024

Bayleys National Auction Award Winner – Three Years Running

We are specialists in residential and developments, including existing homes, townhouses and apartments, new builds, lifestyle sections and residential developments. From character … View more
No.1 Bayleys Canterbury Residential 2017 – 2024

Bayleys National Auction Award Winner – Three Years Running

We are specialists in residential and developments, including existing homes, townhouses and apartments, new builds, lifestyle sections and residential developments. From character homes in Christchurch’s oldest suburbs to brand-new builds in one of the many subdivisions surrounding the city, we cover all the bases with equal dedication.
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1 day ago

Poll: How should Guy Fawkes be celebrated?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

While it is a fun occasion, fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night has caused much conflict over the years, upsetting our pets and disrupting the sleep of neighbours.

How should we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts below.

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How should Guy Fawkes be celebrated?
  • 27.9% With a city-wide public fireworks display
    27.9% Complete
  • 20.5% Small fireworks displays in each community
    20.5% Complete
  • 7.7% Keep it as is
    7.7% Complete
  • 32.7% We shouldn't celebrate it!
    32.7% Complete
  • 10.8% Anything but fireworks
    10.8% Complete
  • 0.4% Other - I'll share below
    0.4% Complete
1637 votes
1 hour ago

Swipe cards in, taxi chits out for Mobility Scheme users

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

By local democracy reporter Lois Williams:

West Coasters with mobility problems will soon be able to use a swipe card for subsidised taxi trips, instead of paper vouchers.

The regional council, which administers the Total Mobility scheme on the Coast, is switching from taxi chits to a card … View more
By local democracy reporter Lois Williams:

West Coasters with mobility problems will soon be able to use a swipe card for subsidised taxi trips, instead of paper vouchers.

The regional council, which administers the Total Mobility scheme on the Coast, is switching from taxi chits to a card system, bringing the region into line with the rest of the country.

More than 900 people on the West Coast are Total Mobility users.
The scheme is 75% subsidised by the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA), 20% by the regional council and the user pays the remainder, with a cap of $30 per trip.

A staff report to Tuesday's Resource Management Committee said the paper vouchers were outdated.

“The chit system is unreliable, difficult to administer, susceptible to fraud and poses problems for those who wish to travel between regions.”

Staff were proposing a change to a digital system, and contract with three companies to provide software, print the cards, and supply card readers for taxi companies as needed.

It would cost $35,000 to make the change but with NZTA subsidies of $21,500 the set-up cost to the regional council would be $14,354 plus GST.

The council’s ongoing costs with the new system would be an extra $3 per taxi trip - $1159 a year.

Council chairperson Peter Haddock told LDR the West Coast was one of only two Total Mobility operators in the country still using paper vouchers.

“The swipe card system brings us into line with most other regions and it’ll be more convenient for people with mobility challenges - and it’ll save our staff time and be lot easier to administer.”

CCS Disability Action’s West Coast manager, Kelly Blomfield, is welcoming the change.

“Having a card will make it much easier for our people, not having to trek back and forth to the council asking for vouchers when you can’t get around easily to start with.”

The cards had the approved user’s photo on them, making them much less vulnerable to fraud, Blomfield said.

3 hours ago

Suspicious fire, Stokes Valley

The Team from Wellington District Police

Hutt Valley Police are investigating a fire at a previously targeted Stokes Valley residential address which left one person fighting for his life.

Around 3:10am this morning emergency services responded to a block of flats in Hanson Grove, an 81 year old man was located in a critical condition … View more
Hutt Valley Police are investigating a fire at a previously targeted Stokes Valley residential address which left one person fighting for his life.

Around 3:10am this morning emergency services responded to a block of flats in Hanson Grove, an 81 year old man was located in a critical condition and was transported to Wellington Hospital.

The area was cordoned and a forensic scene examination is currently being conducted with the assistance of Fire and Emergency New Zealand and ESR.

The fire is being treated as suspicious and is suspected to be linked to two other fires at the same block of flats on Thursday 10 and Monday 14 October 2024, both of which were also lit during the early hours of the morning.

Police are appealing for information from people who have CCTV footage, witnessed the incident, or were in the area at the time of the fire to please get in contact.

Even the smallest piece of information could prove vital in our investigation.

If you have any CCTV footage from dashcam, residential, or commercial premises in any areas of Stokes Valley, witnessed any three of the fires, or were in the area at the time of the fires, even if you didn’t witness the incidents please contact us.

To report information please update us online now or call 105.

Please use the reference number 241105/2249 and quote Operation SOVE.

Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

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4 hours ago

Celebrating International Volunteer Managers Day

Olivia from Volunteer Wellington

We had a wonderful morning celebrating Te Whanganui-a-Tara volunteer managers at our International Volunteer Managers Day breakfast event.

It was inspiring to bring together local change-makers to discuss this year's theme: 'what's our future normal?' We shared reflections … View more
We had a wonderful morning celebrating Te Whanganui-a-Tara volunteer managers at our International Volunteer Managers Day breakfast event.

It was inspiring to bring together local change-makers to discuss this year's theme: 'what's our future normal?' We shared reflections and aspirations for how we can play a role in shaping a stronger and brighter future for the voluntary sector.

Thank you so much to our generous sponsors Lighthouse Cinema, t leaf T, The Candle Shop, Wonderland Chocolate, Zealandia and Oat Cafe.

Amazing catering provided by Blue Carrot

6 hours ago

Three years’ worth of cocaine snorted in three months

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

More cocaine was taken across Waikato in the last three months than three whole years in the early 2020s.

That’s according to wastewater drug testing carried out by Crown research institute ESR for police.

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6 hours ago

Poll: What do you think about sweary submissions to councils?

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

A furore followed a city councillor’s obscenity-filled submission to his local authority, but it’s far from the only example.

Andrew Bydder’s profane submission to Waipā District Council came to light in June and his colleagues … View more
A furore followed a city councillor’s obscenity-filled submission to his local authority, but it’s far from the only example.

Andrew Bydder’s profane submission to Waipā District Council came to light in June and his colleagues later ruled it was in breach of Hamilton City Council’s code of conduct.

What do you think about sweary submissions to councils? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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What do you think about sweary submissions to councils?
  • 75% Councils should be able to deal with it
    75% Complete
  • 0% I'm ambivalent
    0% Complete
  • 25% They're not acceptable
    25% Complete
  • 0% Other (explain in the comments)
    0% Complete
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