We're aware of an issue that is preventing people from listing in the "Boats and Marine" category. Our Tech team are working on a fix and hope to have it sorted first thing in the morning.

We apologise for the inconvenience.

We had an issue this morning between 6:44am and 6:54am where some people were unable to access the site. We have now fixed the problem and have extended all auctions that were due to close between 6:45am and 7:15am by one hour.

Apologies for the inconvenience.

You may have noticed Kevin the Kiwi sporting a pink shirt today – he’s celebrating Pink Shirt Day, an annual event celebrated throughout New Zealand and around the world.

Pink Shirt Day is aimed at raising awareness about the power to prevent bullying. Its goal is to reduce bullying by celebrating diversity and promoting the development of positive social relationships.

The event began in Nova Scotia, Canada in 2007 when a group of students stood up to defend a kid who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. The students took a stand by all wearing pink shirts to show solidarity, handing out pink shirts for their classmates to wear.  More...

As a sponsor of Workchoice Day 2012, the Trade Me Jobs team played host to a vibrant bunch of Year 12 students this week, providing some behind the scenes insight into the variety of jobs that exist across our business.

Workchoice Day is held annually around New Zealand, providing students with first-hand experiences in an area of work that they are interested in. This year, over 200 organisations welcomed 4,500 students from 110 schools nationwide as part of the initiative. As the good people at Workchoice Day say: “It takes a village to educate a child and with a little help from your company a student can go a long way.”

We welcomed students from Samuel Marsden Collegiate, Aotea College and Upper Hutt College at our Wellington headquarters, and from Rangitoto College and St Cuthbert’s College in Auckland. A big thanks to the staff who gave presentations, and all the best to the students with their studies. Who knows, perhaps some of them will join us at Trade Me down the track!

We remind all members of the importance of complying with Trade Me's terms and conditions and message board policy. These include requirements that members not post comments that are defamatory, abusive or offensive.

Trade Me apologises to Joe Karam for some members' use of the message board in breach of the terms and conditions to make comments about him personally and as a supporter of David Bain.

If anyone posts on the message board in breach of Trade Me's terms and conditions, they will have their message board privileges removed at Trade Me's discretion and without notice.