What's On in North Shore City

Serious Laughter: The Topp Twins recovery Tour reaches the Bruce Mason Centre on October 26 and 27. It’s the comedy duo’s first National tour since Jools was diagnosed with breast cancer last year and its being intentionally staged to co-incide with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. More information

Subscribe and win: New Zealand opens its campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup against Fiji at North Harbour Stadium on Saturday October 13. The Thai Airlines All Whites kick off against Fiji at 4pm in the main stadium. A new shorelife subscriber before October 9 could win one of two family passes to the game. So recommend shorelife to a friend and they may well take you to the match for free.!

Butterfly Month: Butterfly month takes to the air on Saturday, 13 October 2007 between 1:00pm-4:00pm at Pet Mania, 45 Clyde Rd, North Shore. It's free but the event hopes to raise funds for the Monarch Butterfly Trust NZ.

Art Funding: North Shore City has $400,000 to support the local arts scene – and next Monday local artists can learn how to apply for funding. A workshop is to be held at 7pm on October 8 at the Bruce Mason Centre to advise the local arts community on North Shore City's $400,000 Auckland Regional Services Trust (ARST) Fund and the allocations process involved. The workshop is open to all and will explain the criteria associated with the fund, the disbursement process, and how to lodge an expression of interest. More information

Big Dig for Waste Water Work: Construction begins in January on the $91m Rosedale waste water outfall. The 5km underground pipe from the Rosedale Treatment Plant to Mairangi Bay and beyond, will be operational by 2010. This is North Shore City’s largest wastewater project to date, and will ensure the system copes with our city’s population growth to beyond 240,000 by the year 2021.

Election Day Close: Election day is now just over a week away and, to be counted, voting papers must be in the hands of the Electoral Officer by no later than noon on Saturday, 13 October. When posting voting documents back it is recommended that these be mailed by no later than 5.00pm, Thursday, 11 October, to guarantee delivery before the close of voting.

If you are in any doubt as to whether your voting documents will be received by the Electoral Officer prior to the close of voting, please note they can be hand delivered to Council Headquarters, 1 The Strand, Takapuna, Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.00pm and on Saturday morning, 13 October, from 8.30am to noon.

Special voting facilities are available at Level Three, Council Headquarters, 1 The Strand, Takapuna, Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5.00pm and on Saturday morning, 13 October, from 8.30am to noon.

It should be noted that Callum Blair has retired from the election for Mayor and accordingly electors are advised that any votes cast for Mr Blair in relation to the mayoral election will be void. More information

New Cycle Way: We have begun work installing new cycle lanes in both directions along Lake Rd between Hauraki Corner and the Owens Rd/Lake Rd intersection. These lanes form part of our strategic cycle network and recent cycle count data has shown this to be the busiest cycle route on the North Shore. Cycle lanes are installed to provide a dedicated space for cyclists on our roads.In addition to the new Lake Rd cycle lanes between Devonport and Takapuna we also have a recreational green cycle route which links parks between Devonport and Takapuna. The route is well suited to recreational and young cyclists. More Information

Making Music for summer: Shore Sounds, North Shore City Council’s outdoor summer concert series is now taking applications from live music acts to perform as part of the 2008 programme. If you are interested in performing please send your music, a bio and contact details to Pat Fife, PO Box 147295, Ponsonby, Auckland by Monday 22 October.

Your Neighbourhood

Cycling Safely: Make sure your bike is safe before you ride it, was the message ten year-old Nicolas Harywiseno took away from Kids Bike Day at North Harbour Stadium last week. Nicolas, winner of the Black Thunder bike draw from Avantiplus, was one of 100 participants to attend the popular event, designed to encourage kids to get on their bikes and have some fun learning cycle safety tips. North Shore City Council’s transport marketing and consultation advisor, Jade Lucas, says it was great to see so many children learning valuable, life-long bike safety skills while having school holiday fun. “The atmosphere was electric, with MC Jo Holley entertaining the crowd, a magician, balloonists, face painters and a sausage sizzle,” says Ms Lucas.”

What are we really like?: People who live in North Shore City are technology savvy, well paid and come from all walks of life, according to 2006 Census. Almost 15 per cent more households in North Shore City – 74.5 per cent overall – than elsewhere. Our people also have a higher median income – of $29,100 a year - compared with $24,000 for all of New Zealand. North Shore City’s ethnic make up is getting increasingly diverse. More than 40 per cent of people living in our city were born overseas, compared with almost 23 per cent for New Zealand as a whole. Apart from English, our next most commonly spoken language is Korean, which is spoken by 4.1 per cent of people. More Information

Its all rubbish: Inorganic collections - we'll put a flyer in your letterbox to let you know the week before we're collecting inorganic items in your street. Here are other ways you can dispose of your unwanted items all year around instead of sending them to landfill More Information

View your recycling calendar which has all the rubbish and recyclable collection dates for the next 12 months from now to June 2008. If you haven’t yet received your recycling calender in your letterbox please contact Actionline for a copy. More Information

The next Hazmobile collection will take place on Saturday, December 8 - Oteha Valley Road, Albany. The HazMobile accepts any household material that may be harmful to your health or the environment including chemicals, batteries, gas cylinders, oil, paints, solvents and paint strippers. More Information

Please be aware that all of our Create your own Eden composting Courses are now fully booked for the remainder of the year, new courses dates and venues will be published early in the New Year. More information

We want you! The North Shore City Council Waste Minimisation team are looking for 50 volunteers to take part in a survey that will help them gauge the effectiveness of having a “no junk mail” sticker on their letter box.

The survey will take place over a four-week period in November/December 2007 and will involve the two sets of volunteer, one with a “no junk mail sticker” attached to their letter box and one group without.

Volunteers will be required to collect all junk mail delivered to their house each week during the four-week survey period. Pre paid, pre-addressed envelopes will be supplied for the collected junk mail to be sent back in. There will also be a monthly prize draw for volunteers.

If this sounds like you, please email wastenot@wastenot.co.nz for more information

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