Sunday, 7 March 2021, 3:06 pm
A
community-led campaign to save Campbells Bay School’s
iconic roadside pohutukawa trees has succeeded.
At a
4th March zoom meeting with Save Campbells Bay School Trees
action group, Ministry of Education officials presented a
scheme for re-locating the school’s urgently-needed new
classroom block. The revised plan sets the building an
additional 4.5 metres back from the school’s road
boundary, leaving room for the main stand of five pohutukawa
to be retained following limited root reduction and
canopy trimming.
Save Campbells Bay School Trees
spokesperson Jenny Chamberlain says the group is delighted
with the outcome. “It’s win win for everyone involved.
A record number of loan applications were recorded by Ngā Tāngata Microfinance last year for people needing help covering everyday costs. The not-for-profit saw an increase of 128% for those applying for small loans to cover basic health care .
Monday, 8 March 2021, 7:54 am
Resene customers have tipped the total number of cans of
food delivered during the Hunger for Colour Appeal to a
staggering 275,000 cans. Held every February for the last
seven years, the Resene Hunger for Colour Appeal sees cans
swapped instore for Resene testpots. The cans bolster The
Salvation Army’s Foodbanks at just the right
time.
“Our Foodbanks are often depleted at the start
of the year, when many people rely on them to put food on
the table after meeting the extra expenses a new school year
brings,” Salvation Army Territorial Director of Community
Ministries, Jono Bell says.
Monday, 8 March 2021, 6:27 am
• Two Imams leading a nationwide drive to engage in
positive discussions with the public.
• Activities
involve: Candid discussions over ‘Coffee, Cake and True
Islam’ and ‘I’m a Muslim ask me anything’.
Two
Imams will be leading a group of youth as they venture
across the entire country under the banner of the nationwide
‘True Islam NZ’ campaign.
From Saturday 13th March
to 3rd April 2021, the team will be stopping at different
towns and cities across the country in an effort to educate
the public on the true and peaceful teachings of Islam and
also to build lasting friendships.
Thursday, 4 March 2021, 6:22 pm
On
the 27 th of February, youth across 7 cities in New Zealand
came out in full force to join city-wide marches organized
by Rise for Lives (RFL), a youth movement focused on
bringing awareness and action for humanitarian
causes.
Youth members of R4L from across the country
staged a peace march with the goal of bringing awareness to
the crisis in Yemen, asking for the NZ government and
international governments to take action and move in the
direction of peace.
“1 child dies in every 10
minutes as a result of this 7 year war in Yemen, due to the