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๐ŸŒˆ Celebrate Community โ€“ Mar. 1st to 31st ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŽ‰

The Team from Neighbourhood Support New Zealand

Knowing your neighbours is one thing, but actually spending time together is to write a much richer story together... an opportunity to have fun, learn more about each other, and recognise that the strings that connect us often run much longer than just the length of our streets.

This month is all about bringing your community together and having a great time! We want March to be all about celebrating the connections we have while making new ones along the way. As we all know, what makes a neighbourhood great isn't the houses and cars, gardens and streets - it's the people who share their presence and aroha with each other.

A wonderful way to take part is to participate in Neighbours Day Aotearoa which is celebrating it's 10th anniversary from March 22nd to 31st. To help you get started, we love their suggestions for 10 little and 10 big ways to get involved. (link below)

Let us know how you're celebrating this month by tagging us in your posts + using the following hashtag so we can see what you get up to:

#NSNZcelebratecommunity

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More messages from your neighbours
14 hours ago

Itโ€™s Riddle Time! Beat the Neighbourhood with Your Smarts!

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why?
CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS

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.

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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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5 hours ago

Got Birds Nesting in our Gutters any suggestions?

Rae from Rangiora

I have contacted Gutter Solutions and he has said we need the whole house protected via the gutters and valleys as the birds will keep coming back as its there home, then he went onto say even there offspring will keep coming back time and time again. Yikes! Any suggestions please.
thank you

24 days ago

Paddy Gower seeks โ€˜bloody great Cantabโ€™

Nicole Mathewson Reporter from The Press

The Kiwi journalist drilling deep into the countryโ€™s biggest issues is on a mission to find the local greats.

Paddy Gower is looking for the Good Kiwi in every region to feature in his show, The F@#$ing News - Paddy Gower Live on Tour.

To nominate a Good Kiwi, email reporters@press.co.nz with the name and a description of why your nominee should win. You an also share the local issues you think Paddy needs to tackle in the comments below.

It could be the woman whose knitting circle has made 3800 items for victims of domestic violence, the guy running the length of Aotearoa for mental health, or the woman with terminal cancer who spends her time campaigning to raise awareness and save lives.

โ€œBasically I am looking for ... a bloody great Cantab who just gets on and gets things done. The criteria is somebody who has a positive attitude and makes the community a better place," Gower said.

โ€œI will give this person the 'Big Ups' they deserve, and the community can celebrate them with me.โ€

A Good Kiwi will feature in each of Gowerโ€™s live shows in 14 centres through November and December. He will name the Cantabrian Good Kiwi at his Christchurch show on the evening of Friday, November 22, at St Margaretโ€™s College.


The F@#$ing News - Paddy Gower Live on Tour is a sort of book tour, sort of stand-up comedy, some journalistic yarns and memoir, and some motivational speaking - with a fair bit of local in each show.

Gower also wants to know about topics of interest in the region.

โ€œIโ€™m ... going to be taking on a big issue facing Canterbury and offering up solutions.โ€

A stinky suburb, a neighbourhood needing a round-about or a cathedral in disrepair - โ€œI will make your views countโ€, he said.

โ€œI'm touring the nation to spread positivity, optimism and good vibes.โ€

*For tickets to the The F@#$ing News - Paddy Gower Live on Tour visit paddygower.co.nz

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