Dig It

One our hard working volunteers, who loves doing lawn mowing and yard work so much, he mows berms for neighbours for free. Sadly, while mowing in his street, someone decided to uplift his favourite tool, a Stihl blower. If someone picked it up by mistake, it wasn't free. If they thought it was left there, perhaps they took it into their local New Zealand Police station. If they stole it, they need to do better.

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Oliver, one of my hard-working volunteers, loves garden work. As part of his work in the gardens, he assists our lawnmowing contractors to gain work experience. He also mows the berms for some of his neighbours for free. I am always impressed with his work ethic. Today, when I took this video, I was unaware that yesterday, while working in his neighbourhood, some person took his pride and joy, a Stihl BGA 86 battery blower while his back was turned. So if you know someone who has recently acquired a Stihl blower like the one in the photo, please don't hesitate to contact police or us here at the gardens. If any @stihl_nz service centres or others in the industry could keep an eye out, that would be great. #needtodobetter #cruelworld #dishonestyisugly #stihl #gutted

We had a great day at this year's disability connect transitions expo. It was great to see all the options out there for disabled school leavers.

We wouldn't be able to pull off such a great Transition Expo without the help of our sponsors and volunteers.

A massive shout out to Mercury, our Community Innovation partner, for sending us a wonderful group of volunteers to help set up in the morning.

Thank you also to Clipboard our Imagination Partner for providing our Expo Bags and volunteering too.

And we simply couldn't do what we do without Rotary St Johns, Merkle, MPs Greg Fleming and Nancy Lu and their teams, Chorus, Beca, and family and friends who all provided volunteers to support us on the day.

Thank you so much!

If you supported us at Transition Expo, thank you for helping us make each year even better than the last.

Image description: Five Mercury team members smile together. They are standing at their bright yellow branded stall at the Transition Expo.