Repurposing Chip and Foil Packets - doing your part to help the planet!!
Chip Packet Project NZ is ready for those foil packets from your holiday snacks! Biscuits, Chips for New Year? Crackers for the beach? Foil prepared and cleaned, we can take it now! These foil packets are fused together and made into survival sheets (think thermal blankets) for those less fortunate this winter in New Zealand. Check out their work on facebook @chippacketprojectnz
Below are our current three Auckland collection points. Thanks for the donations!
- St Heliers CPP Fusion Group (in partnership with St Philips Anglican Church) Back carpark 92 St Heliers Bay Road, Auckland
- North Shore Hospital Staff (Nutritional Services Department)
- Hillsbrough - 21 Olsen Ave (collection box by the letterbox
CPPNZ Head Office = Post to
26 Tuhimata Street
St Heliers
Auckland 1071
#foilfusionfriday #chippacketprojectnz #recycling #saveourplanet
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!
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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52.7% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.7% Critical thinking
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29.8% Resilience and adaptability
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2.7% Other - I will share below!
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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