In Brief

30-day yoga challenge in Mangawhai

Try something new and exciting and challenge yourself this summer with daily yoga classes during January in the Mangawhai Domain. Give your body and mind the chance to become stronger and more flexible. This years challenge is designed to meet individual needs. You can pick and choose whether to come along for 10 days, 20 days or the full 30 days. There will be daily yoga classes in the Mangawhai Domain from January 3 between 8am-9am and in Kaiwaka from January 2 between 6.30am-7.30am. Come along with a smile an open heart and keep your body, mind and breath flexible during January while having fun doing it. 

 

Better cell coverage

Help is at hand for Kiwis wanting to keep an eye on work from the bach this summer. Vodafone has increased capacity, installed new cell sites and is rolling out COWs (cell sites on wheels) to New Zealand’s most popular holiday destinations – including Mangawhai – so there’s no need to cut short your Christmas break to get back to the office.

With high demand expected in popular holiday hotspots, Vodafone has readied its network ahead of the crowds to cope with an increasingly mobile workforce that wants to keep an eye on business from the bach.

Over 40 cell sites across the country have been augmented to improve capacity and speed including Brynderwyn and Marsden Point.

 

Are you ready to go digital?

Television in Northland is going digital in 12 months which means everyone in the region who wants to watch TV after December 1, 2013, will need Freeview or SKY.

Over eight out of 10 homes in the Northland have already made the move to digital TV and are enjoying better pictures and more channels. You don’t need a new TV as any set can go digital with the right set-top box or TV with Freeview built-in together with a UHF aerial or a satellite set-top box and satellite dish.

If you want to continue to receive and record television programmes using your current DVD or video recorder it will also need to go digital.

For more information visit 

www.goingdigital.co.nz or call 0800 838 800. 

 

Seeking conservation board nominations

Minister of Conservation, Kate Wilkinson, is inviting New Zealanders from many districts, including Northland, to stand for election to local boards.

The Northland conservation board currently has seven vacancies.

Nominations are now open and close on January 25, 2013.

Appointments will take effect from July 1 for a term of up to three years.

Appointees must have a genuine and proven interest in conservation. Preference will be given to people who live within the board area they are nominated for.

Information and nomination forms are at www.conservationboards.org.nz.