11 August 2015

 
 
You write a blog post, it gets read, then it disappears into the depths of your website archives.
 
We'd like to think that over time our writings have delivered more and more helpful information to our readers, and there are posts worth featuring.
 
So here are a few links to the topics we've written about thus far:
 
 

DRIVING

General information about driving in New Zealand including driver's licenses and safety.

 

MOBILE HOMES

What decisions there are to make when buying or building a mobile home.

 

A majority of our posts in this category, expanded and illustrated, now feature in our e-book:

 

LIFE THROUGH A LENSE

While neither of us are professionals, occassionally there is a photo we take worth sharing.

 

NEW TO NZ & THE NZ WAY

Ideas and issues that nationals may take for granted like medical care, what to do with rubbish, when shops are open, and our culture.

 

RAOKS

Random acts of kindness for the budget-conscience.  This is where you will also find our 12 monthly posts on what we were able to do for others in our community and beyond.

Inspired to do a RAOK?  Check out our current fund-raiser:

16 July 2015

We've been posting updates to our Give a Little fundraiser page about the Random Acts of Kindness (RAOK) that we've paid forward so far.  We've asked for that page to close early, so here they are for posterities sake:

 

 

The idea was that people could claim one of our random acts of kindness (RAOK) for their donation.  So far we've done 374, with a few more yet to complete (some are taking a bit more time as they involve hand-sewing).

 

Unfortunately Give a Little were obdurate and wouldn't fully moderate our page* so we won't get any of the donations but hopefully they will be refunded to the donors.

 

We are going to complete the remaining RAOKs we had planned regardless - it's the right thing to do.

 

UPDATE: Books and baby hats - more RAOKs

 

There is still the opportunity for folks to donate directly into our travel account or send us a cheque through the mail I guess, but at least our sister project is still open:

* Yes, there is a bit of a story behind it - just ask!

09 July 2015

 

We started off with great hopes of using Give a Little as a fund-raising platform.

Ours is such a cool idea - people can claim a random act of kindness (RAOK), or advertising, for their donation.

So far we have paid forward $14,220 worth of RAOKs!

Though to date we have been unable to get our page fully moderated and hence it doesn't appear in any searches people might do to find us; and after lurking a while looking at other causes we definitely got the feeling that you had to have a sad story, be a sportsperson, or in the media to have a chance of success.  We even saw people we knew.

 

That's when we came up with the alternative idea of a foreign change fund-raiser, where people could post in any loose overseas change that might be littering their home or office.  It doesn't take the NZ dollar away from the genuine needs of others; it provides folks with a chance to do a RAOK with the only cost being a stamped envelope; they get to spring clean something in their environment; and we get foreign cash without losing on fees and rates.

We'd be delighted with anything we get, and doubly so that someone believed in our dreams.

You'll find a social media info-card we mocked up to share the idea on our Twitter and Facebook pages; and a jar wrapper (download) for businesses to use in their staff-rooms or on their front counters.

 

 

We still need to get the idea out via social media onto jars and into envelopes.  

So if you can tweet, post, or share in any way we'd be grateful for your random act of kindness towards us.  

Thank you!

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