1558 days ago

Picked in the morning, on your plate for lunch

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Dear neighbours,

Read about this Dunedin cafe where vegetables from the kitchen has been grown by the owner. The staples of pumpkins, beetroot, cabbage and carrots do well here, he says, with a wide variety of other crops including spring onions, kohlrabi, celery, fennel, kale, potatoes, silverbeet, leek, mint and herbs. Yummy!

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9 days ago

Denim, but make it one-of-a-kind ๐Ÿ’™

The Team from SPCA Auckland - Centres & Op Shops

Not every pair of jeans makes it to the rack... but that doesnโ€™t mean their story ends there. Our talented volunteer Annie has been transforming damaged denim into handcrafted bags, hats and aprons in our Onehunga SPCA Op Shop โœ‚๏ธ๐Ÿงต

This latest batch even features her own hand-sewn designs, and customers have been loving them, they sell almost as soon as they hit the shelf!

Itโ€™s creativity, sustainability and community all stitched together, helping animals in need ๐Ÿพ

๐Ÿ“ 217 Onehunga Mall, Onehunga
๐Ÿ•˜ 9amโ€“5pm, 7 days

40 minutes ago

March madness has arrived at our East Tamaki SPCA Op Shop Clearance Outlet!

The Team from SPCA Auckland - Centres & Op Shops

Pop in to our East Tamaki shop to grab:
๐Ÿ’ฅ All womenโ€™s fashion nothing over $5 โ€” available in in back of shop only (excludes front of shop) from 1-31 March 2026
๐Ÿ› Fill a bag for $5 โ€” your choice from our clearance bins!

Visit us at 30 Springs Road (On the corner Springs Rd & Kerwyn Ave).
We're open Monday to Saturday from 10amโ€“4pm.

๐Ÿ›‘ East Tamaki ONLY! Not available at any other SPCA Op Shop

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11 days ago

Some Choice News!

Kia pai from Sharing the Good Stuff

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, weโ€™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 โ€” and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?

We hope this brings a smile!

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