2823 days ago

Birchville Dam Breakthrough! (In a good way!)

Community Engagement Advisor from Greater Wellington Regional Council

Great news at the historic Birchville Dam on Clarke’s Creek where we’ve successfully opened an old intake pipeline, enabling us to lower water levels and reduce the potential downstream impact of a dam failure. Not that that’s likely because, following our inspection of the foundations, all appears to be solid as a rock!

The work, done by GW’s Parks Department along with a team of specialist engineers, was undertaken as part of our dam safety assurance programme.

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15 hours ago

Q&A: Ask a question about...Online Safety

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Continuing with Neighbourly's online Q&A with experts in their field, this week we are tackling online safety with Jandy Fiske from Netsafe.

Jandy Fiske has been with Netsafe for nearly 8 years. Starting on their helpline, she's now Netsafe's Community Engagement Advisor. Jandy says: 'I'm passionate about online safety because I strongly oppose bullying and want to support those affected by it.'

Jandy is passionate about protecting vulnerable communities and is promoting online safety to ensure no one falls prey to online scams. She can answer your questions about any type of online scams, and also about online harm such as online bullying.

↓ Ask your question below now and she'll be online on Wednesday, 11th September to reply to you ↓

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6 days ago

Poll: Have you ever had a scary flight?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

A plane flying from Christchurch to Wellington on Sunday had smoke billowing out of the engine and upon landing, passengers had to open the emergency exit and jump out. Have you had any scary flying experiences?

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Have you ever had a scary flight?
  • 55.8% Yes!
    55.8% Complete
  • 44.2% No, it's always been smooth flying
    44.2% Complete
735 votes