Heartland is an interactive website that is designed with rural communities in mind. It's a vibrant one-stop-shop that is packed full of local community information for rural people like us.

Every rural community in New Zealand has its very own section that contains information that is exclusive to that community. More importantly it is relevant to that community.

Everyone in your community can add their own items free* as well as view all kinds of practical and useful information - all in one place.

Your community will have:

	a local business directory
	a comprehensive local club or group directory
	a general member noticeboard where anyone in your community can add:
	- announcements and public notices
	- work wanted
	- buy, sell, free advertisements
	- local events
	general information including:
	- weather and marine forecasts, tide tables, sun/moon times
	- maps
	- news headlines
	- meat prices, including historical data, trends and market reports
	power cut notifications - your local electricity company can publish planned cuts. Register for an Alert on the Heartland site and you can be notified about new cuts by email.
	changed page alerts - members can elect to be notified by email when businesses or clubs/groups update their web page.
	a business noticeboard where business members can advertise situations vacant.

And Heartland is designed for rural internet users in the "land that Telecom forgot". It has fast loading, simple graphics and is very easy to get around.

By bringing together such a range of resources relevant to your community, we're going to make it really quick to find what you need, right on your own doorstep.

That's got to make your life easier too!