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1158 days ago

Help our charity

Glen from Central Whangarei

So is anybody interested in helping our new charity?

Children with disability NZ?

And having the opportunity to learn. I spend a lot of time creating on computers.

This would be voluntary, but a good opportunity to increase your skill base.

I have access to a range of professional software including Canva, Adobe creative cloud, designer. Website software, office 365, and much more but I am only one person.

To help our new charity succeed we want to build our brand.

I would love to see us have a more educational YouTube page.

Does anybody want to start writing children's books?

I think I have the software, we would love books that include disabled children as the feature of the book.

I have a huge amount of abilities and a disability but really the abilities outweigh the disability.

So many ideas so much software so little time.

I have more than one computer and the capacity to teach and motivate.

I start late morning and work late into the night.

This would suit somebody able to learn and wanting to move forward and feel accomplished.

Personally, at the end of each day, I feel I have accomplished many things.

I have a home office not far from the Town Basin in a lovely bush setting ideal for being creative.

The person would work on a computer beside me in my home office and help me help others. a few hours a week, days or evenings.

3 cats and a dog will love to meet new people.

If interested please pm Glen McMillan

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6 days ago

Poll: Should drivers retake the theory test every 10 years?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

Drivers get where they need to go, but sometimes it seems that we are all abiding by different road rules (for example, the varying ways drivers indicate around a roundabout).
Do you think drivers should be required to take a quick driving theory test every 10 years?

Vote in the poll and share any road rules that you've seen bent! 😱

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Should drivers retake the theory test every 10 years?
  • 48.1% Yes
    48.1% Complete
  • 50% No
    50% Complete
  • 1.9% Other - I'll share below
    1.9% Complete
3422 votes
11 minutes ago

Rubbish bins

Susan from Kamo

I posted a message about the disappearing rubbish bins in Whangarei a week or so ago (but I limited the area). However, I’ll leave this open to a wider area this time. Apparently this is not just limited to Whangarei. However, I went to the Whangarei District Council website, and sent a general enquiry email as to why this was happening. About a week later, I did get a phone call back. I had mentioned two particular bins that had been removed. The man I spoke with was not aware they had been removed! What I found out is that the rubbish bins are emptied by an outside contractor, not city workers. They come and say they find maybe a single coffee cup in a bin and think the bin doesn’t need to be there, so THEY remove the bin! The more I thought about this, the more I thought this is pure laziness - the more bins removed, the less work that has to be done. How much effort does it take to look in a bin and see the liner does not need to be changed? Where one bin has been removed, there is now rubbish in it’s place. I noticed the bins at a couple of bus stops have also been removed, and there is rubbish on the ground - exactly where the bins used to be! I have been told that one of the bins I emailed about will be replaced. And I will follow up on that if it isn’t back in place in two weeks. (This outside contractor is also supposed to be picking up rubbish twice a week along the Kamo shared pathway as well!)
So - if you noticed bins are missing and they need to be put back, send an email to WDC and tell them the location and that there is rubbish there and the bin needs to be replaced! Rate payers are paying for this service, no doubt.

6 days ago

Here's Tuesday's teaser!

Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I’m found in socks, scarves, and mittens; and often in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?

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