Rural post deliveries may be cut to 3 days / week – action needed.

by Grapevine Admin (Chris) | Dec 2, 2024 | MailChimp

Hi Neighbours,

Fran (our lovely rural postie) would love your support please, there are proposed changes afoot, which if they are allowed to pass will have a negative effect on our rural postal services. This is important and she needs your support please.

Below is some information on the proposed changes, along with a sample letter which you can send, in support of the current level of services. If we do nothing then it’s highly likely that your postal services will be reduced to around 3 days per week.

There is a good amount of information here, but if you any questions about this, or would more information then find Fran on her rounds and have chat.

Rural Women New Zealand and RDCA are concerned about the impact that recently proposed changes to postal services could have on rural families, communities and businesses.

The proposed changes that will impact rural communities include:

• Reducing minimum delivery frequency from 5 days per week in rural areas, to 3 days per week.
• If NZ Post has cluster boxes at the main road end on some roads for 5 or fewer boxes, then do we card to call for any house over 500 meters from the mailbox?
• Reducing the minimum number of postal outlets nationwide from 880 down to as low as 400 over time.
• Giving NZ Post the option to deliver to communal collection points instead of individual mailboxes for new addresses and to convert mailbox deliveries into communal collection points at a rate of up to five percent per year.

A sample letter of support is attached here (please feel free to edit this to make this more personal, then print, sign, scan and email to the Minister concerned): Sample letter to Minister Goldsmith

Alternatively, (and you may wish to do both…) – there is a process to deliver feedback to MBIE here: https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/have-your-say-on-changes-to-nz-posts-mail-service-obligations – feedback is due before 10 December 2024, 5pm (this still requires printing and sending feedback using their feedback template, they’ve not made it easy with a simple online form – sorry).

Please feel free to share this post within your networks and facebook groups too.

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Words of support needed for Pavel, Ivan and Ilaria

by Grapevine Admin (Chris) | Sep 5, 2023 | MailChimp

Dear All,

I believe many of you heard about the terrible accident at Woodcocks road on Wednesday evening August 30th.
Pavel Kravtsov and his children Ivan and Ilaria were delivered to Auckland hospital in a critical condition.

After the initial danger behind, they are starting to recover. This is a slow and painful process.
While they are receiving all possible support from the family, friends and hospital staff,
it would be of tremendous help if those who know the family could leave a few notes of encouragement with a personal touch.

Reading these warm comments will give strength to Pavel, Ivan and Ilaria and speed up their physical, mental and spiritual healing.

Please send your thoughts and wishes to Vasily Kravtsov (Pavel’s brother’s) email:
[email protected]

Thank you,
Dmitri and Lena Roukine

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