Volunteer your Muscle (great or small!) to build our new TOTARA PARK Track - This Saturday from 1pm!!
Please lend a hand to the next Totara Park Track Build session this Saturday, from 1pm.
We meet on Mclintock St South side of Totara Park - 50m. or so downhill from the Bus Shelter (see image) - at 1pm.
This 4-year effort is approching completion, and were amidst the "big push" to get our NEW bush track completed before Christmas. We have had good turnouts for the last couple of months, and the track build is going gangbusters!
PLEASE BRING gloves and a spade. IF you have them, please Also bring one (or more) of Loppers, pruning saw, or mattock (heavy grubber).
If you have no tools, we can still make use of you! Just bring a can-do attitude and help your community out!!
We have jobs for every interest (or degree of physical prowess!) - From weeding & planting, to digging out tree stumps (a favorite of young males in our experience!) or gorse & broom eradication.
Queries? Call Graeme on (027) 444 1748 - or show up at Totara Park at 1pm This Saturday!!
Poll: Are you still heading to your local for your caffeine fix, or has the $$ changed your habits? ☕
Wellington’s identity is built on its cafe culture, but with costs climbing, that culture is under pressure. We’ve seen the headlines about recent closures, and it’s a tough pill to swallow along with a $6+ coffee.
We all want our favourite spots to stay open, but we also have to balance our own budgets ⚖️
We want to know: How are you handling the "coffee math" in 2026? Are you still heading to your local for a chat and a caffeine fix, or has the cost of living changed your habits?
Keen to read more about "coffee math"? The Post has you covered.
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41.8% I avoid spending money on coffee
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45.5% I still indulge at my local cafe
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12.7% Irrelevant - coffee is not for me
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Do you think you know the answer?
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