WAIKATO ENVIROEXPO & LIFESTYLE BLOCK EXPO
WE WILL BE THERE WITH BELLS AND WHISTLES! Please come along to support your local environment centre !
BALLOONS OVER WAIKATO IS THIS WEEK
Have a look at the program
http://www.balloonsoverwaikato.co.nz/2015-programme
UNIONS WAIKATO we invite you to join us at a meeting to hear KRISTINE BARTLETT's story.
Kristine and the Service and Food Workers Union, Nga Ringa Tota have won an historic legal victory for thousands of low-paid women workers. The win is a huge step forward for the rights of working women and it shows that for far too long 'women's work' has been undervalued and underpaid.
Where: The Media Centre, Rhode Street School, Hamilton
When: Wednesday 25 March 2015
Time: 6:00 pm
Maxine van Oosten
Please read the latest Neighbourhood support Bulletin ( especially Hamilton East residents )
VANUATU NEEDS HELP
90 per cent of housing and major infrastructure damaged in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila alone, the head of Oxfam says Cyclone Pam is "likely to be one of the worst disasters ever seen in the Pacific".
Find out how to help our Pacific neighbours over on the Element website or head straight to oxfam.org.nz to donate to the organisation's emergency response appeal.
HAMILTON ORGANIC GARDENERS
Have organised a visit to Steve and Jenny Erikson’s Chaos Springs property in Waihi for 1.00-3.30 pm Saturday 18 April 2015.
Chaos Springs is a 200 acre mixed cropping farm raising pasture, animals, fruit, and vegetables in the Waitawheta Valley near Waihi. There are certified organic and make compost and soil management tools to help growers take control of their soil fertility. In particular they manufacture a compost tea mixer and spreader. See their website at www.chaossprings.co.nz/our-farm.html
While we will be talking to them about all aspects of of organic farming and gardening, in particular we will discuss compost making, actively aerated compost tea and mulches - as a follow up from the workshops last year on these subjects.
Please contact Tony Banks for more Detail
hamiltonorganicgardeners@gmail.com
KOANGA INSTITUTE WORKSHOPS IN HAMILTON
http://www.koanga.org.nz/products/education/hamilton-tour/
HAMILTON COMMUNITY CENTRE OF MUSIC : SITUATION VACANT
Please promote and encourage the attached vacancy to your families, friends and networks. Sistema Waikato is advertising for six tutors for their initial launch 2015.
Please note it is not essential that a successful candidate be a musician. If you require more information, contact Ann Shafer, contact details below. Many thanks Ioana
From: Ann Shaffer [mailto:ashaffer@waikato.ac.nz]
