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2649 days ago

Kākano Pop Up Gallery now open in Henderson!

Anusha Bhana from Kākano Youth Arts Collective

We’re popping up in Hendo over the summer!

From 3 November 2018 - 3 February 2019 we’ll be running a pop-up gallery in The Falls Restaurant car park, showcasing a selection of our artworks and merchandise - all available for purchase.

We’ll even be running some free participatory workshops over the summer period so you can hang out with us, create your own art works and learn some new art making techniques!

Proudly supported by Panuku Development.
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Also in this new community space will be The Bike Hub at Henderson, EcoMatters' second bike hub in West Auckland after its original hub in New Lynn, relocated to this new location from its previous site on Henderson Valley Road. The EcoMatters Bike Hub will be open so visitors can try novelty bikes and get free bike maps and bike advice.

Kākano Pop-Up Gallery Opening Hours: Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sat, 10am -3pm from Wednesday 7 November 2018.

EcoMatters Bike Hub @ Henderson, bike donations and volunteers welcome. Opening hours: Fri, Sat and Sun, 10am-4pm from Saturday 3 November 2018.

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3 days ago

Even Australians get it - so why not Kiwis???

Markus from Green Bay

“Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.

On Australia’s main grid last quarter, renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity for the first time, while wholesale power prices were more than 40% lower than a year earlier.

[…] shifting demand from gas and coal for power and petrol for cars is likely to deliver significantly lower energy bills for households.

Last quarter, wind generation was up almost 30%, grid solar 15% and grid-scale batteries almost tripled their output. Gas generation fell 27% to its lowest level for a quarter century, while coal fell 4.6% to its lowest quarterly level ever.

Gas has long been the most expensive way to produce power. Gas peaking plants tend to fire up only when supply struggles to meet demand and power prices soar. Less demand for gas has flowed through to lower wholesale prices.”

Full article: www.theguardian.com...


If even Australians see the benefit of solar - then why is NZ actively boycotting solar uptake? The increased line rental for electricity was done to make solar less competitive and prevent cost per kWh to rise even more than it did - and electricity costs are expected to rise even more. Especially as National favours gas - which is the most expensive form of generating electricity. Which in turn will accelerate Climate Change, as if New Zealand didn’t have enough problems with droughts, floods, slips, etc. already.

18 days ago

Time to Tickle Your Thinker 🧠

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?

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1 day ago

Gift with Love 💝

Christine Corcuera from Red Cross Shop Henderson

Date night tomorrow? We’ve got the look and the gift! Pop in at Red Cross Shop Henderson for gift ideas for your loved ones ♥️🌹💝
Come visit us at:
433 Great North Rd, Henderson
(09) 8351152