New online marketplace asks people to share the wealth

New online rental marketplace OURTHINGS (https://ourthings.co.nz) is asking people to join the sharing economy, building community and reducing wastage in the process. In a world increasingly conscious of economic sustainability and the issues associated with mass consumerism, ourthings breaks the “buy and toss” cycle with its community rental marketplace letting anyone borrow or loan anything, from anywhere.

Get NZ Writing

To celebrate the continuing importance of the handwritten word, and to encourage Kiwi kids to practice the essential literacy skills that come with writing, the very first ‘Get NZ Writing’ initiative is being held this year.

Managing Your Money Successfully with Debt Consolidation

Managing your money successfully is not hard but discipline is required. Focusing on the things you need instead of the things you want is part of this discipline. A need is something that you have to have and a want is something you would like to have. If you purchase too many ‘want’ items you may end up over extending yourself with credit cards, hire purchase and other loans.

Kiwi Celebs Support Dry July

Registrations are now open for popular fundraiser Dry July’s fourth year, and a host of local celebrities have pledged to give booze a break in order to improve the wellbeing of cancer patients and their loved ones.
Famous faces who are Dry July Ambassadors this year are netball captain Casey Kopua, comedian Urzila Carlson, cookbook author Chelsea Winter, Shortland Street actor Jayden Daniels, Step Dave star Sia Trokenheim, broadcaster Carly Flynn, and radio presenter Nicki Sunderland.

High resolution sub seasonal and seasonal forecast now available for New Zealanders

The seasonal forecasting team at CLIMsystems has developed ExtendWeather for New Zealand’s primary producers and energy sector. It is a state-of-the-art seasonal forecasting service that delivers high resolution maps of precipitation, temperature and soil potential evapotranspiration deficits and other variables depending on the subscription level from 10 days to up to nine months into the future. All forecasts are updated ever ten days and are based on downscaled NOAA CFSv2 data. As partners of Farmlands subscribers receive discounts if they are Farmlands members or shareholders.

New Factory to Create More Jobs

Leading Kiwi fresh chilled food producer Pitango will relocate to a new $3 million factory in South Auckland this month, and along with an increased production capacity will create up to 20 new jobs in South Auckland during peak season.

Staff With Disabilities an Asset

Kiwi businesses could be more profitable and improve their organisational culture if managers committed to hiring a more diverse group of people, and rethink their concept of ‘disability’, says GSK’s general manager Anna Stove.