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As you drive around our beautiful country this summer, you'll see honesty stalls, selling everything from fruit and vegetables to pine cones, dotted along our highways.
Honesty stalls in rural NZ may be the "Kiwi way", but thieves are making it difficult to survive.
… View moreHi Neighbours,
As you drive around our beautiful country this summer, you'll see honesty stalls, selling everything from fruit and vegetables to pine cones, dotted along our highways.
Honesty stalls in rural NZ may be the "Kiwi way", but thieves are making it difficult to survive.
One grower-family was targeted with a spate of $100 per day thefts.
But out-of-pocket growers have pledged to continue; keeping the "Kiwi tradition" alive, in spite of thieves.
To read more, click here.
Do you make the most of honesty stalls when you're driving throughout New Zealand?
Jandals. The good old Kiwi flip flop. When the sun is blazing down, the rubber shoe can take you from the morning stroll to get a paper, the beach, and then on to a bar. But how pricey are these items getting - what did you pay back in the day, and what's the most expensive one you've … View moreJandals. The good old Kiwi flip flop. When the sun is blazing down, the rubber shoe can take you from the morning stroll to get a paper, the beach, and then on to a bar. But how pricey are these items getting - what did you pay back in the day, and what's the most expensive one you've seen in the beach boutiques nowadays?
Is it a vespula wasp (German or common) or a paper wasp? Find out the difference here.
Once you know which type of wasp to target, the next step is to use the correct control method.
- For paper wasps, there are commercially available sprays at hardware stores around the country. The important … View moreIs it a vespula wasp (German or common) or a paper wasp? Find out the difference here.
Once you know which type of wasp to target, the next step is to use the correct control method.
- For paper wasps, there are commercially available sprays at hardware stores around the country. The important things to note are not to get too close (these sprays can go up to four metres), and to do it at dusk once the wasps have returned to their nests. If you are unsure where the nests are, you can usually follow the wasp to it, as they don't travel too far away.
- Vespex is a protein-based bait which is suitable for use on the vespula wasp species. This is usually done at landscape scale as a small tub of bait can cover a large area. You don't need to find the nests as the wasps carry the bait home with them. Vespex is not at all attractive to bees. If there is a problem in your area you can learn all about the use of vespex here. You will need to be an approved user - a short 10-minute video course is all that is required. Vespex is not suitable for paper wasps as they prefer live bait. You can also contribute to our fight against wasps here: givealittle.co.nz...
We want to know what a day at the beach with the classics costs us.
So roll up, roll up ... there's nothing like licking a scoop of ice cream during the summer. How much do you pay at home, and when you are away? What is the most expensive ice cream you've bought on holiday?
[Note, if … View moreWe want to know what a day at the beach with the classics costs us.
So roll up, roll up ... there's nothing like licking a scoop of ice cream during the summer. How much do you pay at home, and when you are away? What is the most expensive ice cream you've bought on holiday?
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Ring MPHS in Henderson and leave a message asking to be put on their food parcel list, they are at 27 Corban Ave, Henderson, and they open again on Monday January 7th:
09-838 4820
Their food parcel programme starts again on Monday Jan 14th, you will need to ring and leave a message for them before… View moreRing MPHS in Henderson and leave a message asking to be put on their food parcel list, they are at 27 Corban Ave, Henderson, and they open again on Monday January 7th:
09-838 4820
Their food parcel programme starts again on Monday Jan 14th, you will need to ring and leave a message for them before this date.
They fill big banana boxes full of rescued food from Countdown - fruit, veges and bread that IS past expiration date but still perfectly good to eat and use. You then have to go and collect them anytime between 4-5pm on Mondays each week (starting from the 14th), OR on Tuesdays anytime before 10am.
Their Facebook page:
www.facebook.com...
Their website:
www.mphscommunity.org...
The Kiwi day at the beach. It's what our summer memories are made of. It's an easy and fun way to spend a day in the sun - but is it still cheap?
We want to know what a day at the beach with the classics costs us.
First up: What do you pay for fish and chips? And what's the most … View moreThe Kiwi day at the beach. It's what our summer memories are made of. It's an easy and fun way to spend a day in the sun - but is it still cheap?
We want to know what a day at the beach with the classics costs us.
First up: What do you pay for fish and chips? And what's the most expensive takeaway fish and chips you have come across?
[Note, if you'd prefer we didn't quote you in our articles on Neighbourly or Stuff.co.nz, please mark your post "NQ"]
If you are planning on improving your fitness, why not give lawn bowls a go? It's the perfect low impact, high fun sport that combines bending, stretching and walking with concentration to provide a workout for body and mind. Add in the fun of socialising and you have ticked all the boxes … View moreIf you are planning on improving your fitness, why not give lawn bowls a go? It's the perfect low impact, high fun sport that combines bending, stretching and walking with concentration to provide a workout for body and mind. Add in the fun of socialising and you have ticked all the boxes for a great start to the New Year.
Contact Henderson Bowling Club and we'll help you get started!
Police have scaled back searches for a teenager six days after he was swept away at a rugged West Au…
Some are tops, leggings, skirts and shoes. =D You can check them all out here:
www.trademe.co.nz...
IF you want to see more of these, come and see me at Blockhouse Bay Market on Saturday the 12th!!! =D It's at Blockhouse Bay Community Centre from 7am-12.30pm. =D
Here ya go Kirsteen and everybody else who would enjoy this - geraniums (first photo, and some of the others) some poppies included - Californian, as in the second photo (orange, with four petals) and a pink poppy in the third, evening primrose flowers in the fourth, 16th and 17th photos, pansies … View moreHere ya go Kirsteen and everybody else who would enjoy this - geraniums (first photo, and some of the others) some poppies included - Californian, as in the second photo (orange, with four petals) and a pink poppy in the third, evening primrose flowers in the fourth, 16th and 17th photos, pansies and begonias in the 5th, cosmos in the 8th and 9th (which also has blue lobelias), cineraria (10th), magenta spreen (13 and 14, that's a vegetable a bit like spinach, but has beautiful bright leaves that look like someone spray-painted them in the centre of the plant), calendula (15), daisy (19), spider lilies (20) beside my rusty improvised birdbath (21), which is really a blue-tack-bunged planter on a rusty glass-top table, hehehe, and agapanthus growing as a rather beautiful weed beside my wall (22). =D
A teenager who went missing off a remote Auckland beach five days ago had been collecting mussels fr…
Join Thomas & Friends for a fun day of train rides and many other Thomas-themed activities! This is a fabulous event for the little "Thomas" fans (and the family too!) Face painting, storytelling, a bouncy castle and other fun activities will be available free with your GVR Train … View moreJoin Thomas & Friends for a fun day of train rides and many other Thomas-themed activities! This is a fabulous event for the little "Thomas" fans (and the family too!) Face painting, storytelling, a bouncy castle and other fun activities will be available free with your GVR Train Ticket.
Our upcoming "Day Out With Thomas" event is on Friday 4th, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th January 2019, 9am – 4pm.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Hi
Has anyone seen the red lice on the beach at Davies' Bay? There are thousands of them.
Any idea what these are called?
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