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1683 days ago

Practice good health habits

Neighbourly.co.nz

● Wash your hands.
● Use cough and sneeze etiquette.
● Respect self-isolation.

These are only some of the ways that you can keep yourself and your Neighbours safe!

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1683 days ago

*Win* a $50 Prezzy Card

The Team from Readers Tours

We are looking for seniors 65+ to take part in a short questionnaire to help us improve our website. The questions will take no longer than 3 minutes to complete and no personal information is required. The winner of a $50 Prezzy Card will be drawn at random on 27 April and contacted directly.

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We are looking for seniors 65+ to take part in a short questionnaire to help us improve our website. The questions will take no longer than 3 minutes to complete and no personal information is required. The winner of a $50 Prezzy Card will be drawn at random on 27 April and contacted directly.

Visit www.readerstours.co.nz and spend a few minutes browsing our website. Think about the pages you would visit and the information you would like to see in order to book your next adventure! When you are ready, click here to complete our questionnaire.

Thank you, your feedback is greatly appreciated.
Ts&Cs apply.
Take our questionnaire

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1684 days ago

⚠ SEVERN STREET – PLANNED SHUTDOWN WATERMAIN REPAIRS ⚠

The Team from Wellington Water

From Monday 6 April, contractors will be working on a watermain repair outside 79 Severn Street. This work is expected to take 3-5 days to complete.

Due to this repair work there will be an interruption to your water supply for a short period of time. There will be a planned outage today from … View more
From Monday 6 April, contractors will be working on a watermain repair outside 79 Severn Street. This work is expected to take 3-5 days to complete.

Due to this repair work there will be an interruption to your water supply for a short period of time. There will be a planned outage today from 12pm – 4pm. This will impact the affected areas on the pictured map.

During the works, there will be two-way stop/go traffic management in place, and access to your property will still be available. We will advise of any further outages this week.

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1684 days ago

Meet our new (furry) friends - Pet Direct!

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

We are so happy to be welcoming an incredible new partner to Neighbourly - joining our long-term friends AMI, Resene and Ryman Healthcare.

Pet Direct are the new kids on the pet block and know the industry inside-out; they have over 350 dog years of animal experience within their team. Most … View more
We are so happy to be welcoming an incredible new partner to Neighbourly - joining our long-term friends AMI, Resene and Ryman Healthcare.

Pet Direct are the new kids on the pet block and know the industry inside-out; they have over 350 dog years of animal experience within their team. Most importantly right now, they're still delivering all your essential items during the Covid-19 lockdown.

The Pet Direct team do things differently; firstly they ALL have pets of their own. They also personally hand-pick every product they stock; they have over 5,000 items that have been tried and tested (but mostly eaten). They ship daily, from their Auckland-based warehouse, straight to your doorstep (with free delivery over $29), and offer a best price guarantee.

Neighbours - our pets remain a constant source of love and comfort during unsettling times. So show them (and the team at Pet Direct) how special they are. To say thanks for the support (and for being a good neighbour during this tough time), they're offering you 10% off their already awesome prices. Just use the code NEIGHBOURLY10 at checkout.
Start shopping now

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1689 days ago

Our sweet pea seeds send out, April issue and Get Growing

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours and NZ Gardener family,

Our April issue should be with our subscribers now and available in supermarkets and service stations (having been distributed prior to the lockdown restrictions). Whether or not it's on the stands yet is a bit patchy ... but then the incredibly brave… View more
Dear neighbours and NZ Gardener family,

Our April issue should be with our subscribers now and available in supermarkets and service stations (having been distributed prior to the lockdown restrictions). Whether or not it's on the stands yet is a bit patchy ... but then the incredibly brave and hard-working supermarket staff have quite a bit on their plate right now so I understand if there is a delay! Please, please, please everyone ... don't go out to buy it! Normally of course we love you buying NZ Gardener but right now it's far more important that you stay home and stay safe. (You can buy a copy with your online shopping though! That's safe and I think we are all in the market for something uplifting to read right now).

In this issue we offered to send out sweet pea seeds to any reader who sent us a SSAE. Just to reassure you, we will still send out sweet pea seeds to any reader who is keen to participate. We are just not quite sure when! Ignore the dates in the magazine of when you needed to send the envelope in by - that has been indefinitely extended. But we cannot wait to send you the seed and for those flowers to bloom as by then we will be well through this or even have it behind us. And keep letting us know what you are sowing and growing, send in pictures of your harvest, your flowers or what you are sharing.

We always love hearing from NZ Gardener readers but now when we are all staying apart that connection means more than you can imagine. Stay home, stay safe and stay in touch everyone. For the most updated gardening advice, subscribe to our digital e-zine Get Growing, which will be delivered to your inbox completely free.

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1684 days ago

Come on people..there's a lockdown remember!

Shona from Karori

Really Karori? A trip to the local dairy for milk just now was soured by realising how many people in the queue were only there for iceblocks! Do the phrases "lockdown" and "essential shopping only" not count when it's iceblocks on a sunny Sunday? We are better than this.

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1686 days ago

Supermarket shopping

Sirda from Karori

Hi, just want to inform anyone that hasn’t heard that the supermarkets are giving priority to essential workers and vulnerable people. I work at the hospital and was told this was the case but encountered an unpleasant situation with a fellow shopper. My husband has a condition so he’s unable … View moreHi, just want to inform anyone that hasn’t heard that the supermarkets are giving priority to essential workers and vulnerable people. I work at the hospital and was told this was the case but encountered an unpleasant situation with a fellow shopper. My husband has a condition so he’s unable to do the shopping without risk to his health so it’s up to me to manage the shopping at some point in my week. After a long busy shift the last thing essential workers want is to spend another hour or so at the supermarket. I know everyone is having issues but please be kind. I as a health worker don’t feel entitled but at this time work is more stressful so this gesture by the supermarkets does help. We really appreciate your understanding. Thank you www.sunlive.co.nz...

1685 days ago

Use official news sources

Neighbourly.co.nz

The effect of misinformation, myths and gossip can be stopped in its tracks if we all use official news sources. Myths can often be difficult to spot, so we encourage you to only use official news sources at this time https://covid19.govt.nz/.

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1685 days ago

Scouts NZ free programmes for all NZ youth in lockdown

Bob from Vogeltown

Scouts New Zealand Engaging the Wider Public
We have made a version of the Scouting From Home programme available free to parents outside of scouting. Parents can sign up at scouts.nz...
They will get the content on a one week delayed basis for engaging their young people. (Events like JOTI will … View more
Scouts New Zealand Engaging the Wider Public
We have made a version of the Scouting From Home programme available free to parents outside of scouting. Parents can sign up at scouts.nz...
They will get the content on a one week delayed basis for engaging their young people. (Events like JOTI will not be profiled for them.) We will be working to get positive publicity around the Scouting From Home programme with a goal of connecting them to local groups when we return to community based scouting.

You can see an example of the free public programme Scouting From Home here drive.google.com...

We will be providing the content to parents at around 10am on Saturday mornings. We will try to be regular as clockwork on these programme drops. We are sharing this so you can manage expectations.

We will provide weekly programme drops to parents for the entire level four alert

Our recommended talking points are:
• As of 02 April, we are providing a version of our programme to any young people or parents in Aotearoa New Zealand looking for things to do. All they need to do is sign up for free digital delivery.
• We will make the programme available to non-members while we are at alert level four.
• This is our contribution back to our community. It won't come with the support of the wider scouting community - that is what our local Scout groups are for - but it will give parents a bank of ideas to keep young people engaged over the next several weeks.

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1696 days ago

METLINK PUBLIC TRANSPORT FREE UNTIL JUNE

Community Engagement Advisor from

As part of the national response to COVID-19 alert level 4 Metlink will make all rail and bus services free until June.

Public transport will continue to be available for essential service workers, and to enable communities to access supermarkets, pharmacies and health facilities.

For more … View more
As part of the national response to COVID-19 alert level 4 Metlink will make all rail and bus services free until June.

Public transport will continue to be available for essential service workers, and to enable communities to access supermarkets, pharmacies and health facilities.

For more information about this and what services are running, please read the full update on our website below.

1685 days ago

Diabetes Wellington is here for you during COVID -19

Peggy Bhana-Thomson from Diabetes Wellington

Diabetes Wellington is still supporting people with diabetes during the Coronavirus lockdown.

For help and support we have diverted our phone to our Field Officer, she will answer or please leave a message and she'll return your call. Phone: 04 499 5085 or email … View more
Diabetes Wellington is still supporting people with diabetes during the Coronavirus lockdown.

For help and support we have diverted our phone to our Field Officer, she will answer or please leave a message and she'll return your call. Phone: 04 499 5085 or email office@diabeteswellington.org.nz Monday – Friday 10.00am to 4.00pm

We are still able to sell essential diabetes products through our online store which has been updated to show what is currently available. We have a wide range of products, such as meters, lancets and lancet devices, glucose tablets and sachets etc.

You can keep shopping with us online at www.diabeteswellington.org.nz... and we also take orders by phone or email.

Like us on facebook - we have some interesting information about COVID-19 and diabetes.

Thank you for your support.

1686 days ago

Essential road maintenance

Simone Borgstede from Wellington City Council

While most roadworks have closed, some essential maintenance will continue on the state highways during the Covid-19 shutdown.
The Aotea Quay off-ramp remains closed for repairs, and the following tunnels will be close from 9pm for maintenance:
-Terrace Tunnel on Monday night
-Mt Victoria Tunnel on… View more
While most roadworks have closed, some essential maintenance will continue on the state highways during the Covid-19 shutdown.
The Aotea Quay off-ramp remains closed for repairs, and the following tunnels will be close from 9pm for maintenance:
-Terrace Tunnel on Monday night
-Mt Victoria Tunnel on Tuesday night
-Arras Tunnel on Wednesday night
For all updates and changes, visit:
www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz...

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1686 days ago

Fresh & Frozen products

Naichao from Oriental Pantry

Dear Neighbours,
We're still open. Open hours are 12:00-18:00 everyday.
We have lots of frozen products including dumplings, buns, fish balls, seafood, vegetables, etc.
And also we supply many fresh items, like milk, soy milk, tofu, kimchi, and so on.
Now, we start to sell fresh vegetables, … View more
Dear Neighbours,
We're still open. Open hours are 12:00-18:00 everyday.
We have lots of frozen products including dumplings, buns, fish balls, seafood, vegetables, etc.
And also we supply many fresh items, like milk, soy milk, tofu, kimchi, and so on.
Now, we start to sell fresh vegetables, like pepper, cabbage, carrot, potato, garlic, ginger, you name it.
If you need something, please come and use our self service.
Safe shopping!

1686 days ago

What can I do to shop safely?

New Zealand Government

Dear concerned citizen,

It’s important that we all try and shop safely as we unite against COVID-19.

Here’s a few things we should all now do, that will help slow the spread of the virus:
• send one person from your household to do the whole shop
• be aware that stores will limit … View more
Dear concerned citizen,

It’s important that we all try and shop safely as we unite against COVID-19.

Here’s a few things we should all now do, that will help slow the spread of the virus:
• send one person from your household to do the whole shop
• be aware that stores will limit numbers to help you keep 2 metres away from others
• be kind to essential workers, and others you’re sharing the shop with
• come with a list so you can get in and out as quickly as possible
• only touch what you want to buy
• if you like, take a soapy towel in a small container to wipe down trolley or basket handles etc
• keep 2 metres away from others, including staff. They need to keep safe too!
• use payWave if you can, not cash
• bag groceries away from others if you can
• take out produce when you get home, and wash first in soapy water to protect against the virus, then rinse to remove any soap residue wipe down packaged goods with a soapy clean towel, then dry
• wash your hands before and after you shop.

Can I bring people in my household with me to buy essential supplies?
You should dedicate one person per household to be the shopper. This is the safest way to get essential supplies, as it reduces the number of people who are out, and helps stop the virus from spreading.

Leaving online shopping to those who need it most
• If you are healthy, or aged under 70, you should go to the supermarket to do your shopping. This leaves online delivery slots free for those that need them most.
• If you’re a parent on your own with children or over 70, move to online shopping if available. This is important for the safety of your children and others – especially essential service providers.
• If that’s not possible, reach out to nearby friends, family or neighbours who can assist you with the shopping and get it to your doorstep. Your local community may also be able to assist, or you can contact your local store – some are putting special systems in place to help.

Thank you
If we all do our bit we’ll get through this. Thank you for working together and staying home. We can, and must stick with it.

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