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Free volunteer listings in Canterbury
At Trade Me Jobs, we're keen to do our little bit to help Canterbury out as the region begins to pick up the pieces after the devastating earthquake.
For the rest of the month, casual listings for all voluntary roles listed in the Canterbury region will be free. These roles will remain on Trade Me Jobs for 30 days (unless removed earlier by the advertiser).
You'll see a little line of red text letting you know about this when you list a job too. More...
Waterfront wi-fi on the way for Wellington
Visitors to the Wellington waterfront are set to enjoy fast and free wireless internet access in time for Christmas, thanks to a joint effort by Trade Me and Wellington City Council.
The free wi-fi network will mean visitors to the waterfront will be able to surf the internet via a wireless network from Queens Wharf, across to the NZX Centre, and down to Te Papa. We reckon the network will be all up and running in early December 2010.
We're doing it because it seems like a good thing to do - there are no commercial or revenue objectives in the mix. We're an online business and we love being part of Wellington, and we hope that lots of locals, tourists, travelling business people and community groups get amongst it. More...
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Bach holiday giveaway, valued at up to $2,000
Our holidayhouses.co.nz site is giving away a summer bach holiday at any Bachcare managed property, worth up to $2,000.
All you need to do is enter your details here and be in to win. Once you have entered you can refer your friends, and if they also enter you will receive a bonus entry.
Entries close at midnight on 30 September. More...
A little patience after the Christchurch quake
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you will be aware that early on Saturday morning Canterbury was awoken by a big shake. It’s times like these that often bring the Trade Me message boards to life, and the weekend was no exception. It was humbling to see many messages posted that showed that people were not only talking about the earthquake and its impact, but exchanging information and working out how to help each other. When civil emergencies like this hit, the message boards act a pretty useful conduit to information and also a way for people to support each other.
At a purely practical level, we’ve received several queries from people asking about their trades, and what happens if the item they’re selling is broken, or if they’re waiting for an item from a seller in the earthquake zone. It probably goes without saying for many, but we’d urge everyone for a little bit of patience and understanding around these issues at the moment. If you are expecting something you have bought from a Canterbury seller please try to be as flexible as possible.
Obviously life has been disrupted for thousands of Trade Me members in Canterbury, and big issues like access to clean drinking water and getting the electricity back on are going to be higher up the priority list than packing off a Trade Me parcel! More...
‘Travel, events & activities’ category unleashed
We launched our new ‘Travel, events & activities’ category today. You’ll see it tucked in there below ‘Toys & models’ on the homepage.
This new category lets you buy and sell pretty much anything related to travel and tourism in New Zealand. Right now, you’ll find accommodation from around New Zealand at $1 reserve, and there are some cool international holidays being sold too. We expect the category will soon be home to everything from gift vouchers through to bungy jump experiences, event tickets and flights.
Our 3-year old accommodation booking website Travelbug (fronted by Trevor the travel bug) is heavily involved in this new category too, with many of the 2300+ Travelbug accommodation operators supplying deals to Trade Me. There won’t be any mucking around after winning a Travelbug auction either - stay dates are confirmed instantly on the Travelbug website and to keep it simple, payment is by credit card only. More...