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Matariki & Ngahuru Harvest Festival

Published June 06th 2013, Posted in Northland Matariki & Ngahuru Harvest Festival

Tuatara Design Store are hosting their first ever annual Ngahuru Festival in conjunction with their Matariki celebrations this month.

Tonight, 6th June, the Toi Maori Exhibition will be opened with a powhiri starting at 5.30pm.  There is some exquisite traditional and contemporary Maori art on show.

Events are taking place at the Tuatara Design Store, 29 Bank Street, Whangarei.

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Healthy Hikurangi Matariki Festival 2013

Published June 04th 2013, Posted in Northland

Healthy Hikurangi’s 2013 Matariki Festival will be held this coming Saturday 8th June in the Hikurangi Memorial Hall from 9am until midday.

This will be a fun and informative morning for the whole whanau / family with food stalls, information packs around healthy living, activities and a door prize. 

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World Multiple Sclerosis Day – 29th May 2013

Published May 28th 2013, Posted in National

Multiple Sclerosis New Zealand have put out a media release for World Multiple Sclerosis Day – 29th May 2013 to announce a Fatigue Programme to bring relief to 3,000 New Zealanders.

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Free OTICO Wheelchair carriers

Published May 27th 2013, Posted in Northland Free OTICO Wheelchair carriers

Northland Multiple Sclerosis Society has three FREE Wheelchair carriers to give away.  If you or a member of your family uses a wheelchair one of these could be very useful for you and/or your carer.

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Happy outcome for Kathy & Mita – back on the road again!

Published May 27th 2013, Posted in Northland Happy outcome for Kathy & Mita – back on the road again!

Kathy Strongman and Mita Moses are back on the road again after having had their van stolen from outside their Onerahi home on Thursday 25th April.  Three days after it was stolen, the burnt out wreck of the deaf couple’s uninsured Mitsubishi Delica was found in Gumdigger Place off Rewa Rewa Road.

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The much awaited 2013 budget is out!

Published May 20th 2013, Posted in Northland The much awaited 2013 budget is out!

The much awaited 2013 budget is out, but it is very difficult to find anything out about the disability sector and what funding has been set aside to assist us here in Northland. 

The Health sector is to receive around one third of new operating funding, the Government having allocated $1.6 billion for health related initiatives over the next four years.

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Donations to put couple back on road

Published May 16th 2013, Posted in Northland Donations to put couple back on road

Donations have continued to pour in for Mita Moses and Kathy Strongman.  Thanks to one local businessman the funds have taken a leap towards achieving the goal of around $10,000.

Follow the link for an update and to see the article published in The Northern Advocate today.

http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/news/donations-to-put-couple-back-on-road/1870184/

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