North Taranaki Neighbourhood Support

06/06/2026

05/06/2026

Come along and help Support our youth and keep our community clean =)

Kasumi is a Year 11 student at New Plymouth Girls' High School, and she is organising a great social action project: a litter clean-up along the coastal walkway tomorrow, Sunday (7 June), from 10am-12pm. 🌿

📍Starting at Ngāmotu Beach and heading along the walkway to the Aquatic Centre car park.

ALL WELCOME! BYO gloves & reusable bags if you can! ☀

04/06/2026

Supporting young people through online harm starts with a conversation.

Our new free Responding to Online Harm Introductory training is now live on our website.

Developed with practitioners and subject matter experts and shaped by feedback from young people, the training helps build confidence in recognising online harm and responding to young people when they reach out.

Interactive and self-paced, the training can be completed in less than an hour.

Complete the training in June and go in the draw to win a $250 Fuel Voucher.

Plus, there are prezzy cards up for grabs until August, and organisations can get additional rewards, just make sure you submit your details at the end of our reflection module.
• 10+ completions: tailored online workshop
• 15+ completions: free morning tea pack

Start the training today:
https://netsafe.org.nz/business-and-community -you-work-with-young-people?utm_source=social&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=rtoh_training_launch_2026

04/06/2026

Today (5 June) is Safe Sleep Day which focuses on raising awareness and ensuring every sleep a baby has is a safe sleep. It is a good reminder to make sure we put our babies to sleep safely.

Some key things to keep in mind when putting our babies to sleep, are described in the four Foundations for Safe Sleep:

- Always place pēpi on their back, with no pillows, toys, or loose blankets.

- Pēpi needs their own flat, firm bed like a wahakura, Pēpi-pod, bassinet, or cot.

- Pēpi is safest in an environment that supports breastfeeding, and is smoke, v**e, alcohol, drug, and harm free.

- Fathers, partners and whānau play a vital role in supporting mothers (e.g. night / day care, settling pēpi, household chores).

This information has been recommended by Hapai Te Hauora - Maori Public Health

02/06/2026

25/05/2026

What would you do if you had no water for three days or more? How would you wash, cook, clean? What would you drink?

In an emergency water supplies could be affected. If you can, keep at least a three day supply of water. You'll need at least 3 litres of drinking water per person, per day. That's 9 litres per person for the three days.

You should store more if you can, children, nursing mothers and people who are ill will need more, and remember to include drinking water for your pets.

For more information about storing water for an emergency visit getready.govt.nz/storing-water

25/05/2026

22/05/2026

To celebrate Youth Week next week (18-24 May) we're doing a giveaway! 🎉 Youth Week aims to amplify young people’s valuable contributions to their communities, so in the comments below we want you to shoutout a young person/people who are going above and beyond in your community and tell us why they deserve to win 📢 Also make sure you like/follow our page to be in the draw 👍

19/05/2026

Tomorrow, between 4.30pm and 5.30pm, members of the New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union will be stopping work for one hour.

We will continue to answer 111 fire calls. Volunteer stations in the affected cities and towns will respond, as they regularly do when there are multiple emergencies.

If you are at home, do not leave cooking unattended. Make sure you have working smoke alarms in every bedroom, hallway, and living area. If there is a fire, get out, stay out, and call 111.

If you are at work, know your building evacuation plan. If there is a fire or the fire alarm sounds, exit the building, assemble at your safe meeting place and call 111.

If you are on a job site that uses spark or heat generating tools, we ask you to refrain from using these tools during this hour.

It is important to acknowledge that this strike action will not affect the parts of the country served by our volunteers.

If you are unsure whether your area is affected, please visit https://shorturl.at/thoU5