1463 days ago

Family Luncheon

New Zealand School of Food & Wine

Family Luncheon is always a special time for our students where they can invite 2 guests from their families and prepare a three-course meal for them to savour.

For the first course, our Advanced students prepared Grilled hapuka with rosemary, capers and olives. Chicken ballontine with corn and baked cherry tomato, potato rösti and creamy broad beans for the main course and Plum trifle with Parfait au Armagnac to finish.

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2 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, 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!

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1 day ago

🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…

The Riddler from The Neighbourly Riddler

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

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3 hours ago

LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE AT PAPAKURA BRIDGE CLUB

John from Takanini

Looking for a hobby that sharpens your mind? Come and learn how to play this great card game in a friendly social atmosphere. Lessons are for 12 weeks with supported play.

LESSONS START TUESDAY 17 MARCH 7PM TO 9 PM
Where; Papakura Bridge Club- 13 Opaheke rd, Papakura
Cost; $50 for 12 lessons, includes free membership for 2026
Contact; Claire ph: 021725570 or email papakurabridge@xtra.co.nz