A Column by Consumer Affairs Writer, Jordan Kelly. Do You Know Your Privacy Obligations? (Many Don’t) From cleaners to caterers, plumbers to plasterers, respite carers to real estate agents – and every other type of service provider … Did you know ANYONE you pay to conduct a service that requires Continue Reading
Yellow-Eyed Penguin Donations
It has been a year since Mainland decided to stop collecting butter and cheese barcodes and just donate money straight to the yellow-eyed penguin Trust. A huge thank you to all those who collected and dropped off barcodes to me from Oamaru Cafes to the N.O. Women’s Group. There were Continue Reading
Market Spudtacular!
Did you know that a potato (skin on) contains more potassium than a banana, nearly half your daily vitamin C, and almost as much fibre as an apple? Oamaru’s annual Spud-in-a-Bag potato growing competition is a fun, family friendly activity and a great introduction to gardening and food production for Continue Reading
Toot for Tucker
Once again thank you citizens of Oamaru for your donation’s to the annual Toot for Tucker collection, which was held on Monday evening to gather non-perishable foods for disadvantaged North Otago families. A mountain of non-perishable food was collected during the annual Toot for Tucker collection, organised by the Combined Continue Reading
Oamaru’s Community Christmas Dinner 2017
Orwell Street, Oamaru – Each year, the annual Oamaru Christmas Dinner is held in the Orwell Street Church Hall. It is an event which has catered to large num-bers over many years and early indications are the 2017 version will continue that tradition. It is especially intended to help those Continue Reading
Jute: The fair trade and eco-friendly alternative to single use plastic bags
With the increasing demand to ban single use plastic bags, Trade Aids jute bags not only offer an environmentally friendly option but also an opportunity for N.Z. to help combat poverty through fair trade. Trade Aid has been at the forefront of promoting sustainable and environmentally friendly shopping alternatives for Continue Reading
the Speight’s Fund are now open
Every year Speight’s contribute $25,000 to the Fund to go to an Otago based not-for-profit environmental initiative! This amount is further topped up from public donations made at the water tap outside the Brewery. Initiatives, big and small will be eligible for funding – including both education and research-based initiatives. Applications will Continue Reading