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🌼 Surprising Spring Gardening Tip for NZ 🌼
Bury a banana peel near the roots of your rose bushes or tomato plants! 🍌🌹🍅 The peel releases potassium, phosphorus, and calcium as it decomposes, giving your plants a natural nutrient boost. It helps strengthen stems, promotes flowering, and even improves fruit quality. 🌼🍅
Next time you snack on a banana, don't throw away the peel - use it to supercharge your garden!
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If your garden is thriving and you have surplus produce to donate, we'd love to book you in for a pick and pickup.
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Poll: Does a savoury scone require cheese on top, or folded inside?
Help settle the great kiwi debate ... cheese on top, or folded inside?
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76.6% Inside!
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23.4% On top!
Final stock clearance
Our Summer dresses on the outside rack now down to just $5. Fill a bag for $2. Plenty of incredible items to be found, stock up now at incredibly low low low prices at the Orewa Red Cross shop.
Shop 5, Hilary house, Hilary square, Orewa
Right behind McDonald’s
Open everyday from 9am - 5pm
Poll: Are you still heading to your local for your caffeine fix, or has the $$ changed your habits? ☕
Auckland has a thriving cafe culture, but with costs climbing, that culture is under pressure. We’ve seen the headlines about recent closures across the country, 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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42.1% I avoid spending money on coffee
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42.1% I still indulge at my local cafe
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15.8% Irrelevant - coffee is not for me
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