Aro Valley, Wellington

Next Saturday is our online garage sale

Next Saturday is our online garage sale

So check out your home and take some photos of items that you want to sell!

836 days ago

WIN $10,000* towards your KiwiSaver!

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Every dollar counts towards that first home or retirement. Are you confident your KiwiSaver is performing or maybe like a lot of us you tend not to think about it!

Get a FREE KiwiSaver health check and go in the draw to win up to $10,000* from our partners National Capital. It’s easy as!

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Every dollar counts towards that first home or retirement. Are you confident your KiwiSaver is performing or maybe like a lot of us you tend not to think about it!

Get a FREE KiwiSaver health check and go in the draw to win up to $10,000* from our partners National Capital. It’s easy as!

Hate feeling obligated? You're not! The health check will let you know if there is a better KiwiSaver provider for you - it's up to you if you do anything about it. Why wait till you're 65, make sure your KiwiSaver is working for you now!
Check my KiwiSaver

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837 days ago

Sir Richard Taylor opens Lord of the Rings BOOKTOWN QUIZ this SAturday

The Team from Destination Wairarapa

Featherston Booktown is on this weekend - a highlight event now also has two stars guests: Sir Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger, co-founders and co-directors of Wētā Workshop. Come and hear Richard on Saturday 11 June 2022 3:30pm – 6:00pm at Featherston School in Lyons St.
Richard will kick … View more
Featherston Booktown is on this weekend - a highlight event now also has two stars guests: Sir Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger, co-founders and co-directors of Wētā Workshop. Come and hear Richard on Saturday 11 June 2022 3:30pm – 6:00pm at Featherston School in Lyons St.
Richard will kick off the Quiz with stories about his experience with the beloved films.
Hear his anecdotes, then you stay on and give the quiz a go – it’s fun even if you’re not a mega fan (you can even buy answers for questions with jewels provided on your table). Put a quiz team together OR just come and you’ll be hooked up with a team.
www.eventfinda.co.nz...

837 days ago

Community Garage Sale

Letetia Cheetham from St Ninian's Uniting Parish

Our Community Garage Sale is creeping up fast with only days left to go!

Pop in for a wander, pick yourself up some bargains and treat yourself to some home baking. See you there!

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838 days ago

SPCA Pet of the Day: Meet Tilly and Preston

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Tilly and her brother Preston are looking for a new home. Can you help them.

"I am a big lover of all things treats and cuddles, and will win you over the first chance I get! My brother and I haven't had the best life before arriving at the SPCA but have since had a bit of a makeover and… View more
Tilly and her brother Preston are looking for a new home. Can you help them.

"I am a big lover of all things treats and cuddles, and will win you over the first chance I get! My brother and I haven't had the best life before arriving at the SPCA but have since had a bit of a makeover and are feeling better as each day passes. We love having the human companionship and comfort of home life but it doesn't compare to the real thing! Now is the time where we are ready to find a home who is committed to dog ownership and all it involves. I am not suited to a home with cats or smaller animals. I would prefer a home either with my brother Preston or by myself. If I do go home by myself, I'd want someone home part time or full time. I am not keen on places like dog parks or daycare. To be honest, the perfect day would be a nice walk then lazing at home! I'm more comfortable with adults or teenage children than little humans."

837 days ago

World Ocean Day

NumberWorks'nWords Karori

On World Ocean Day, people across the globe unite to celebrate and take action for our shared blue planet, with one ocean and one climate, which connect us all. Get together with your family and community, and join with millions of others around our blue planet to create a better future.

By … View more
On World Ocean Day, people across the globe unite to celebrate and take action for our shared blue planet, with one ocean and one climate, which connect us all. Get together with your family and community, and join with millions of others around our blue planet to create a better future.

By working together, we can - and will - protect and restore our shared ocean and climate. Join this growing global celebration on June 8!

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837 days ago

On Sale

Naichao from Oriental Pantry

Dear Neighbours,

Welcome you all back to office!

There's tons of products on sale in our store.

Please visit one of our stores to get special deals:
123 Willis St, Te Aro, Wellington… View more
Dear Neighbours,

Welcome you all back to office!

There's tons of products on sale in our store.

Please visit one of our stores to get special deals:
123 Willis St, Te Aro, Wellington
3 Hillary Ct, Naenae, Lower Hutt

Cheers!

Negotiable

840 days ago

Pet of the Day: Dot from Hataitai

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Anne Couper is the proud mum of Dot.
"This is Dot (two years old) from Hataitai, who on one momentous day (unfortunately not recorded on camera) managed three tennis balls at once."
Remember if you want your pet featured on Neighbourly, email us on yourpet@dompost.co.nz with a recent … View more
Anne Couper is the proud mum of Dot.
"This is Dot (two years old) from Hataitai, who on one momentous day (unfortunately not recorded on camera) managed three tennis balls at once."
Remember if you want your pet featured on Neighbourly, email us on yourpet@dompost.co.nz with a recent photo. Please remember to say which suburb you live in.

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838 days ago

Get the premium health club experience!

Habit Health

Habit Health Fitness Clubs is extending an invitation to come along to their club open days. Try a taster class, test yourself in a fitness challenge and win some fantastic prizes at one of Wellington’s premiere health and fitness clubs. RSVP and claim your free gift!

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Habit Health Fitness Clubs is extending an invitation to come along to their club open days. Try a taster class, test yourself in a fitness challenge and win some fantastic prizes at one of Wellington’s premiere health and fitness clubs. RSVP and claim your free gift!

RSVP for 11 June - Majestic Open Day - Willis Street
RSVP for 17 Jun – Platinum Open Day – Johnston Street

More about Habit Health Fitness Clubs:
Embrace altogether better health for your best life. Receive expert guidance and support along your health and fitness journey. Explore and enjoy modern facilities, fitness classes and much more.

Open day exclusive offer:
Join on any 12-month membership and get a bonus month Free!
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838 days ago

Karori Rotary is celebrating 40 years of service.

Mark Wood from Rotary Club of Karori

The Rotary Club of Karori is one of 36,754 clubs with 1.2 million members in 220 countries and territories around the world.
Our club was chartered in May 1982. This, our 40th anniversary year, is an opportunity to reflect on, and celebrate, the Club’s many activities and achievements over the … View more
The Rotary Club of Karori is one of 36,754 clubs with 1.2 million members in 220 countries and territories around the world.
Our club was chartered in May 1982. This, our 40th anniversary year, is an opportunity to reflect on, and celebrate, the Club’s many activities and achievements over the years. Here is one such achievement:

1995 - 1997: Homewood garden parties.
The very popular garden party series came about as a result of discussions between the Club and then British High Commissioner, Robert Alston, and his wife, Pat. The first, in 1995, raised $7,000 for Mary Potter Hospice. The second, in the following year, raised money for various children’s charities, and the third, in 1997, raised $3,000 for the Save the Children Fund.
These garden parties were ‘traditional English’ in style, with cream tea, strawberries and cream, a brass band playing the hymn ‘Jerusalem’ and other appropriate tunes, games including coconut shies and skittles, and demonstrations of Morriss dancing.

Applications for membership are always welcome.
If you’d like to learn more about Rotary and the personal satisfaction and growth that comes from serving others, please contact Andrea Skews, E andrea.skews@gmail.com, M 022 073 5548 or Phil Oliver, E phil@praxissoftware.co.nz, M021 292 7001.

Homewood Garden Party, November 1997.

839 days ago

Black diamond video recorder with LCD monitor / tv with dvd slot FREE!

Julie from Karori

Want to play your old videos? This free Mitsubishi Black Diamond VCR comes with a 19 “Transonic LCD tv with built in DVD player. Both VCR and TV have remotes ( may new fresh batteries) and the tv has a manual too. There is a homemade little stand with it. It always worked well, but it is from an … View moreWant to play your old videos? This free Mitsubishi Black Diamond VCR comes with a 19 “Transonic LCD tv with built in DVD player. Both VCR and TV have remotes ( may new fresh batteries) and the tv has a manual too. There is a homemade little stand with it. It always worked well, but it is from an estate so I have not tried it out myself and there are no guarantees. Please message me if you are seriously interested and would definitely pick up the lot. ( no separate items!)

Free

839 days ago

Beef, ordered from here

McDonald's

For delicious grass-raised beef New Zealand is the perfect combo. An ideal climate, lush pastures and innovative farming produces enough beef for Macca’s in New Zealand and around the world.

Our patties are 100% quality beef, and all that’s added is a dash of salt and pepper when cooked. We… View more
For delicious grass-raised beef New Zealand is the perfect combo. An ideal climate, lush pastures and innovative farming produces enough beef for Macca’s in New Zealand and around the world.

Our patties are 100% quality beef, and all that’s added is a dash of salt and pepper when cooked. We partner with many Kiwi farmers who produce our beef, including those at the world-class Whangara Farms.
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840 days ago

Addictive Eaters Anonymous

The Team from Addictive Eaters Anonymous - Wellington

I didn't know what was wrong with me
Right from a young child I have always loved food; I loved gatherings because of the food. As I got older I would steal food and money to buy food. My life was all about food and if I wasn’t eating, I was thinking about eating and food.

I was very … View more
I didn't know what was wrong with me
Right from a young child I have always loved food; I loved gatherings because of the food. As I got older I would steal food and money to buy food. My life was all about food and if I wasn’t eating, I was thinking about eating and food.

I was very athletic at school and not terribly worried about my weight at that time. It was when I went into high school and the “beach girls” came to our high school that I started looking at the differences. They were brown, thin and seemed to be very popular with the boys. I watched them and what they ate. I started eating what they were eating at school, but would eat as much as possible at home.

I tried to fit in, but wasn’t able to make friends easily. I was obsessed about my weight and food by now and it drove me to exercise and diets. I went on my first diet when I was sixteen years old, I took herbal diet tablets, exercised like a person obsessed and I drank alcohol, smoked cigarettes and drank black coffee to control my weight. I lost five stone and got a lot of compliments about how I looked, but that didn’t stop the self-loathing and madness in my head. It didn’t matter how much weight I lost or how thin I was, I was obsessed about my body, how fat I was and how thin I wanted to be. My self-obsession and food controlled my life, and it was to get much worse as I got older.

I started vomiting to get rid of the food I had eaten; this went on for years, through my pregnancies and well into my thirties. My weight would escalate up and down, but it was my thinking that drove me mad. I hated myself so much. Why couldn’t I just lose weight and keep it off? Why couldn’t I just be like others and eat at coffee shops and still be thin and happy?

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842 days ago

Friday Feathered Friend

Nicholas Boyack Reporter from Community News

Pic and words by Louise Thomas.
"Zut alors! Go awah you empty-headed animal food-trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother vas a stinking skua and your father, he smelt of fermented elderfish!" (The Southern black-backed gull/ karoro (Larus dominicanus) insults were very… View more
Pic and words by Louise Thomas.
"Zut alors! Go awah you empty-headed animal food-trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother vas a stinking skua and your father, he smelt of fermented elderfish!" (The Southern black-backed gull/ karoro (Larus dominicanus) insults were very wounding today). Bird #37 in 2022."

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841 days ago

Open on Saturday

Angela Tolich from Northland Toy Library

Northland Toy Library is open tomorrow (Sat 4 June) from 9:30am- 11:45am in St Anne's Church Hall, cnr Northland and Randwick Rds.

Pop by to pick out some toys to borrow and keep everyone occupied over the long weekend.

There's outdoor toys (including bikes, sports equipment, and ride… View more
Northland Toy Library is open tomorrow (Sat 4 June) from 9:30am- 11:45am in St Anne's Church Hall, cnr Northland and Randwick Rds.

Pop by to pick out some toys to borrow and keep everyone occupied over the long weekend.

There's outdoor toys (including bikes, sports equipment, and ride on toys) indoor activities, educational toys, costumes, baby toys, puzzles, role play, board games, musical instruments and more. Check out our range on our website northland.mibase.co.nz...

You can even reserve toys using the website.

We welcome new members - an annual full membership starts from $75 and we offer a discount for community services cardholders. We also have Grandparent membership $50 for 10 trips.

Also, if you have ideas for how we could make the toy library even better then let us know in the comments.

See you tomorrow!

841 days ago

St Ninian's School Holiday Programme

Letetia Cheetham from St Ninian's Uniting Parish

We are busy behind the scenes getting ready to reintroduce our School Holiday Programme! 🥁🎬🪁

With the theme of friendship, we can't wait to welcome back our regulars and any new faces who would like to join us. 🥰

We are taking a limited pool of kiddies so If you don't … View more
We are busy behind the scenes getting ready to reintroduce our School Holiday Programme! 🥁🎬🪁

With the theme of friendship, we can't wait to welcome back our regulars and any new faces who would like to join us. 🥰

We are taking a limited pool of kiddies so If you don't want to miss out on securing your child's spot, flick the office an email at stnup@xtra.co.nz

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