Nala has a family
Someone appears to have started caring for our little ginger cat and while we respect your kindness and love we are asking for this to stop now. She has a loving caring family and you run the risk of overdosing her on flea/worm treatment - not to mention the open wound she has developed from a flea treatment she is allergic to. Nala wears no collar because she drops them almost instantly, but she IS microchipped and she IS already a member of a loving and caring family. She has food and skin allergies and should not be fed or treated with anything we are not already providing her with. Please help us keep her safe and leave her be! Photos attached.
The Tova Show
Hello! Are you a …
- A student/young professional renting
- A young family, renting or owning
- An older New Zealander/retiree/pensioner
We’re reaching out from the Tova show, the flagship weekly politics podcast on Stuff, as we prepare for our budget coverage and how it’s affecting Kiwis - we’d love to hear from you.
We need a few people who are available the week before the budget (Wednesday 22nd/Thursday 23rd May) and on the day of the announcement (Thursday 30th May).
Please email tova@stuff.co.nz or comment below if you’d like to share your perspective with us. We give you our commitment to treat your experience with sensitivity and care.
Type NFP if you don't wish your comments to be used.
Watch out for this pretty flower
Green thumbs are being asked to watch out for a beautiful but toxic flower that could be growing in their backyards.
What you need to know:
- Every part of the plant is poisonous, and can cause gastroenteritis, thirst, paralysis, blindness, and heart and kidney failure.
- This plant is hardy and normal pest control efforts are often not enough to eradicate.
- The cape tulip, growing up to 90cm high with one strap-like leaf, was introduced to Aotearoa in the 1940s, the Ministry for Primary Industries’ manager for pest management John Sanson said. “Cape tulips, like many of these invasive weeds, are really attractive ornamental species ...but they escape over people’s backyard fences and into pasture, as these things often do,”
- It was classified as a noxious plant in the late 1970s after they were discovered to cause harm to livestock and humans, even killing animals when too much as ingested.
- The salmon-pink flowers bloom for about two days a year between June and December, and have previously been an ornamental species for keen gardeners.
Sanson urged people who believed they had the weed growing on their property to leave it untouched and contact Biosecurity New New Zealand’s Exotic Pest and Disease on 0800 80 99 66.
Once a site was confirmed, manual removal or chemical treatment would start.
Need some new candles?
Hey Neighbours,
We love supporting NZ businesses and Downlight Candles is a New Zealand-owned and operated fragranced soy candle company. Each candle is hand-poured and the entire manufacturing process supports employment opportunities for young adults with Down syndrome or learning disabilities.
Next time you need a new candle choose Downlights and support Kiwis and help be a part of changing workplace norms by switching to social gifting with Downlights!
(P.S. $1 from every candle sold is donated via the Downlights Charitable Trust!)
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