Crofton Downs, Wellington

Neighbourly's online garage sale is today!

Neighbourly's online garage sale is today!

Check out the goodies on offer here. Or...it's not too late to list your own items for sale!

1935 days ago
1935 days ago

Wadestown Playgroup - new members welcome!

Sally Latham from Wadestown Playgroup

New members welcome!

If you are a parent or caregiver for children under 5, Wadestown Playgroup may be for you!

Playgroup provides unstructured play in a safe, secure environment and is an excellent forum for meeting others in the community. We have a wide range of toys and equipment (both indoor… View more
New members welcome!

If you are a parent or caregiver for children under 5, Wadestown Playgroup may be for you!

Playgroup provides unstructured play in a safe, secure environment and is an excellent forum for meeting others in the community. We have a wide range of toys and equipment (both indoor and outdoor) and activities including painting, craft, playdough and sandpit. We also arrange for regular educational visits by children’s entertainers such as the traveling farm or fire engine.

Please come along to check it out, just ask for the 'key contact person' and they can show you around, give you an enrolment form (or download one from this site). Feel free to try out different days of the week.

wadestownplaygroup@gmail.com

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1936 days ago

Be in to WIN a Double Movie Pass!

Anna Smith from Beaurepaires Wellington CBD

Get exclusive offers from Beaurepaires straight to your inbox and you'll go in our monthly draw to WIN Double Movie Passes!

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1937 days ago

Preserving your Chinese NZ past: A practical workshop

The Team from Alexander Turnbull Library

Do you have your grandad’s Poll Tax Certificate, your granny’s cheung saam, old war bonds or your Association’s minutes? Do you use your phone or digital camera to take photos? How do we keep them all safe for future generations?
The Alexander Turnbull Library’s Vicki-Anne Heikell, Field … View more
Do you have your grandad’s Poll Tax Certificate, your granny’s cheung saam, old war bonds or your Association’s minutes? Do you use your phone or digital camera to take photos? How do we keep them all safe for future generations?
The Alexander Turnbull Library’s Vicki-Anne Heikell, Field Conservator, and Flora Feltham, Digital Archivist, will lead this workshop on caring for your valued objects – digital or otherwise.


Date/s 13 July 2019
Time 1-3pm
Cost $10 towards costs. Correct change appreciated
Venue Wellington Chinese Sports and Cultural Centre, Mt Albert Road, Berhampore.

Email ATLOutreach@dia.govt.nz to confirm a spot


Do you have your grandad’s Poll Tax Certificate, your granny’s cheung saam, old war bonds or your Association’s minutes? Do you use your phone or digital camera to take photos? How do we keep them all safe for future generations?
Family books, photographs and papers connect us to our ancestors, their lives, and thoughts. They are an invaluable resource for future generations. Vicki-Anne Heikell, Alexander Turnbull Library’s Field Conservator will present a seminar to help you care for your own collections, and those of your community organisations. Participants are encouraged to bring a family item to the workshop. There will be opportunities for one-on-one conservation advice on your treasures and hands-on practical activities.
The second session will talk about managing your digital files. During this session we will talk about why we need to care for digital files, what good file management looks like, the care and handling of physical storage media like USB sticks and CDs, as well as good practice in file naming, file organisation, back-ups, and using the cloud.
Have you been taking meeting notes and saving them to your computer for years? Do you share interesting snippets on Facebook or email your friends and family? If the answer is yes, then welcome to the wonderful world of personal digital archiving. This is a session for you

Speakers:

• Vicki-Anne Heikell (Te Whānau-a-Apanui) is Field Conservator at the Alexander Turnbull Library Outreach Services Team. She is a trained paper conservator and works with communities, to advance the preservation of their documentary heritage collections.
• Flora Feltham is a Digital Archivist at the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa. She supports the acquisition, ingest, management, and preservation of born-digital heritage collections.

Image: Archivists and conservator at a previous workshop

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1936 days ago

'Bishops, Boozers, Brethren & Burkas: A Cartoon History of Religion in New Zealand' by Mike Grimshaw

The Team from Alexander Turnbull Library

Date: Friday, 21 June, 2019
Time: 12:10pm to 1:00pm
Cost: Free. You don't need to book.
Location: Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon

Author Mike Grimshaw discusses his book
Mike Grimshaw discusses his new book, 'Bishops, … View more
Date: Friday, 21 June, 2019
Time: 12:10pm to 1:00pm
Cost: Free. You don't need to book.
Location: Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets, Thorndon

Author Mike Grimshaw discusses his book
Mike Grimshaw discusses his new book, 'Bishops, Boozers, Brethren & Burkas', published in June 2019 as part of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive’s monograph series. Grimshaw will use cartoons from 1860s to the present day to discuss the way religion in New Zealand has been represented by our cartoonists.

History via cartoons
There is no general history of religion in New Zealand, so this book is a unique contribution, providing not only a cartoon history of religion in this country but also a history via cartoons.

Changing views on religion
From the 1860s, settlers viewed issues of religion and politics as problematic, but in the main, religion remained part of the fabric of society. However, religion was more of a concern for our cartoonists as New Zealand became an increasingly secular nation from the 1970s onwards. This not only reflects the generation of cartoonists whose work was published from the 1970s but also a shift in New Zealand society more generally.

Overall, when religion was less of a contested identity and influence, cartoonists tended to leave religion — and the church alone. However, as the country became, very quickly, a secular society from the 1970s onwards, religion was a target of cartoonists. Religion and the religious were increasingly presented as representing religious and social attitudes and beliefs regarded as out of step with a modern society.

About the speaker
Mike Grimshaw (PhD Otago) is Associate Professor in Sociology at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. A founding series editor for Radical Theologies and Philosophies (Palgrave Macmillan) and founding co-editor of Continental Thought & Theory (), he toils at the intersections of radical theology, continental thought and cultural and social theory.

Mike also has a focus on New Zealand religious and intellectual history; recently publishing a book of interviews with the New Zealand radical religious thinker Sir Lloyd Geering 'Geering Interviews'(Polebridge, USA, 2018), and edited the letters of the noted New Zealand philosopher Arthur Prior "Arthur Prior, ‘a young progressive'" (Canterbury University Press, 2018).
Image: Cover of 'Bishops, Boozers, Brethren & Burkas' by Mike Grimshaw (New Zealalnd Cartoon Archive, 2019)

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1936 days ago

We want every child to know: What they have inside is greater than any obstacle!

Graeme Dingle Foundation

We make it our mission to help our youth grow in confidence, building strong communities and working towards a brighter future for all Kiwi kids.

Learn more about our work in the link provided.

#NZR #Rugby #AllBlacks #BlackFerns #GraemeDingleFoundation

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1936 days ago

We’ve got something to show you

Brendan Foot Motors

Hello Kapiti Coast!

Brendan Foot Supersite has Stuff Motoring Car Brand of the Year at Coastlands until 18 June.

We are displaying some fantastic Hyundai vehicles for you in the Garden Court atrium (past the Countdown entrance). See these great cars and hear about the great reasons to buy a … View more
Hello Kapiti Coast!

Brendan Foot Supersite has Stuff Motoring Car Brand of the Year at Coastlands until 18 June.

We are displaying some fantastic Hyundai vehicles for you in the Garden Court atrium (past the Countdown entrance). See these great cars and hear about the great reasons to buy a Hyundai from Brendan Foot Supersite.

We do trade-ins, can offer a guaranteed minimum buyback price and a Free 10 Year Mechanical Assurance (some Ts and Cs apply).

We are at Coastlands by 18 June, so hurry on in.
Visit us!

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1936 days ago

Community Pantry. 49 Ballance Street

Sue from Thorndon

Hi. Do you have any surplus goods/produce? Food items and toiletries can be dropped to the community pantry outside the Wellington District Court anytime Mon - Fri from 8.30 am to 5 pm. Reduce food waste, help those who need help. Nga Mihi

1940 days ago

Safer Plates

The team from Churton Park Community Centre

Get tamper-resistant screws installed on your car for just $5.
Saturday 8 June, from 10 am - 2 pm
Drive on over to Churton Park New World Supermarket car park to get tamper-resistant screws installed on your vehicle. Wellington City Council is partnering with local Community Patrols and Police to … View more
Get tamper-resistant screws installed on your car for just $5.
Saturday 8 June, from 10 am - 2 pm
Drive on over to Churton Park New World Supermarket car park to get tamper-resistant screws installed on your vehicle. Wellington City Council is partnering with local Community Patrols and Police to help reduce theft of vehicle number plates.
Safer Plates is a country-wide programme to provide secure stainless steel screws to the public for $5 per vehicle, making it difficult for thieves to remove number plates. All the proceeds from the events go to the Community Patrols.

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