Monday, 19 July 2021, 11:21 am
The latest Toyota Kiwi Guardians adventure site
at Wooded Gully Campground was unveiled at a special event
in North Canterbury last week.
The Kererū Loop Track, a
2.45-kilometre circuit that starts from Wooded Gully
Campground near Rangiora, is the latest adventure site to
become part of the Toyota Kiwi Guardians programme, taking
the total number of sites to 112 across
Aotearoa.
Toyota Kiwi Guardians is a collaboration
between Toyota New Zealand and the Department of
Conservation (DOC) which encourages families to get
outdoors, explore nature, and take conservation
action.
With 112 Toyota Kiwi Guardians adventure sites
across Aotearoa and 12 at-home action medal experiences, it
Monday, 19 July 2021, 11:19 am
An ancient sequence of nature and the space between
fiction and reality are brought to life in
Night Light
– an evening of earthy contrast, to be presented by
The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) in Auckland, Whangarei
and Christchurch this September.
Tickets are on sale
today at www.nzdc.org.nz for this
thrilling double bill of
The Fibonacci and
Uku –
Behind the Canvas by two dynamic New Zealand
choreographers.
Night Light will premiere in
Auckland at the ASB Waterfront Theatre on 3 and 4 September,
in advance of performances in Whangarei on 8 September and
in Christchurch on 16 September.
Monday, 19 July 2021, 8:46 am
Volunteers at Te Puna Quarry Park are feeling a great
sense of relief and reassurance now a new security system
has been installed following a series of thefts.
The
volunteer-run park, which is open year-round and is free for
the public to visit, sees thousands of visitors come to
explore its many gardens with special planting areas,
outdoor art, walking tracks and bush area.
But a major
theft in 2018 left the park committee and volunteers shaken,
when $40,000 of equipment was stolen from their workshop
over one weekend. Trailers, a truck, chipper and tools were
taken, and while two tractors were left behind, the keys for
Monday, 19 July 2021, 11:23 am
Westpac NZ is offering financial support to personal and
business customers affected by flooding in the West Coast
and Marlborough regions.
The relief package features a
range of possible support options for both business and
personal customers. These may include:
- A temporary
overdraft facility;
- Deferred payment on
business credit cards for up to three months.
Consumer
customers requiring access to term deposit funds should also
contact us.
Westpac NZ General Manager of Consumer
Banking and Wealth, Gina Dellabarca, says the bank has spent
the weekend contacting staff and customers to make sure
they’re safe and well-supported.
Monday, 19 July 2021, 10:09 am
In response to Jeff Bezos’ scheduled space flight,
Robbie Silverman, Senior Advocacy Manager for Oxfam America
made the following statement:
“Jeff Bezos’
11-minute thrill ride to space is an insult to the millions
of people here on planet Earth who struggle every day to
feed their families and make ends meet. Many of them are the
very Amazon workers who helped make Bezos the richest man in
the world. We can’t forget that our backwards and corrupt
tax system has allowed the same person who pays next to no
federal income tax to blow $7.5 billion on his own private