Friday, August 5, 2016

Familiar Faces: Barry Perkins and Sal Marks

›
More often than not, when you walk into Halswell Hammer Hardware on the corner of Sparks Road and Halswell Road, you hear laughter and f...
1 comment:

Familiar Faces: Kate Cleverly

›
Kate Cleverly is a familiar face in Halswell as she has been the organiser of many of the local community events over the last decade or ...

Familiar Faces: Chrys Horn

›
Chrys Horn is well known to many Halswell people because of her work with the Halswell Community Project which began in 2010 with the first...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

Keeping Halswell the safe place it has always been

›
Halswell has long been a very safe community with low levels of crime.  Recently there has been a significant spike in crime, probably ...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

The skate park debate: Finding Common Ground

›
For those who don't know me, I've been working on a voluntary basis in Halswell for the last 7 years to build more connections betwe...
4 comments:
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The Happy Bicyclist and the Supermarket Problem

›
This post is in the spirit of always offering a Solution whenever there is a Complaint to be made. First, the Complaint. The Happy Bicyclist...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Familiar Faces: Allan and Joyce Cleave

›
Allan and Joyce Cleave are familiar faces in Halswell in that they have lived here for 57 years and have been hugely involved in helping ...
Saturday, April 23, 2016

Have you ever thought about buying an electric car or bike?

›
We hear a lot about climate disruption and the heating up of the air that supports us. Transport is a large part of the issue.  Trouble is...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Familiar Places: TE HĀPUA: HALSWELL CENTRE

›
When you walk into Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre, the sheer physical size of the building is a little intimidating. Although we have watched ...

Familiar Faces: The Pandya Family

›
THE PANDYA FAMILY If you regularly drop into the very busy Halswell Dairy at 456 Halswell Road, the Pandya family will be familiar to you...
3 comments: