How hunting for bugs is linked to Daylight Saving Time
Fossicking amongst the flowers, turning over leaves and inspecting tree trunks: all essential parts of hunting for bugs, but not your typical after-work activity. However in 1895, George Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist, proposed a two hour time shift for this very reason, so he’d have more after-work hours of sunshine to go bug hunting in the summer, and thus the modern concept of daylight saving time came to be!
As you enjoy your lighter summer afternoons now that daylight saving time has started, keep an eye out for bugs in your backyard – you never know what you might find!
Here is John Early our Curator of Entomology collecting kelp fly larvae in Takapuna, Robert Vennell our Botany Collection Manager collecting dragonflies in Piha and the daughters of our Land Fauna Collection Manager Ruby Moore off to collect insects from a stream in Ngataki. All in a day's work here at Auckland Museum!
What's your favourite tomato recipe?
Kia ora neighbours. We know your tomato plants are still growing, but we're looking ahead to the harvest already! If you've got a family recipe for tomatoes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine to share with our readers. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our February 2025 issue.
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Chapter Book and Tea Shop Book Catalogue: Nov-Dec 2024
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Just in time for some summer holiday reading, there are some great books by Carissa Broadbent (THE SONGBIRD AND THE HEART OF STONE—Crowns of Nyaxia Series), Laurie Gilmore (THE PUMPKIN SPICE CAFE—Dream Harbour Series), Callie Hart (QUICKSILVER—Fae & Alchemy Series), Ana Huang (THE STRIKER—Gods of the Game Series), Stephanie Laurens (DEAD BESIDE THE THAMES—The Casebook of Barnaby Adair Series), Julie Anne Long (THE BEAST TAKES A BRIDE—The Palace of Rogues Series), Nora Roberts (THE MIRROR—Lost Bride Trilogy), J.R. Ward (A BLOOM IN WINTER—Black Dagger Brotherhood World) and more. Happy holidays and enjoy your reading!
NB. Please see P. 3 of the catalogue for the details of our Pre-Order Link for ONYX STORM, details of our Christmas/New Year Closure (while closed, orders will be processed for pickup/shipping), and a heads-up on an Instore Book Sale planned for the second half of January 2025.
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NB. Please also see P. 3 of the catalogue for the details of the Auckland Romance Readers Book Club Monthly Meetings and the Auckland Romance Readers Book Club Facebook Group.
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