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1618 days ago

Have you signed up to get free gardening advice?

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

In this week’s issue we go undercover with tips and tools for glasshouses. It’s time to make your bird-friendly garden count, prune fruit trees, watch out for frosty weather, move seedlings under cover and pick celery before disease strikes.
Plus make your own hanging chandelier planter and … View more
In this week’s issue we go undercover with tips and tools for glasshouses. It’s time to make your bird-friendly garden count, prune fruit trees, watch out for frosty weather, move seedlings under cover and pick celery before disease strikes.
Plus make your own hanging chandelier planter and follow Jane Packer’s advice to decorate your kitchen and dining spaces with flowers. Be in to win Jane Packer Flowers and the NZ House & Garden July issue.

Delivered every Friday to your email inbox, Get Growing digital magazine offers seasonal gardening advice from the NZ Gardener magazine's team of experts. Each week we answer all your burning questions on raising fruit and veges and tell you the top tasks to do in your backyard this weekend. Subscribe here:

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1619 days ago

Friday 26th and Saturday 27th

Johnnie Martin from Fu Manchu Street Food

Kia Ora neighbours and friends!
This weekend is us fully back and in full swing since before the lockdown started. If you haven't before, come on down and try something delicious, local and new!
On Friday the 26th from 5pm we will be open and serving Fu Manchu asian fusion street food. Vegan … View more
Kia Ora neighbours and friends!
This weekend is us fully back and in full swing since before the lockdown started. If you haven't before, come on down and try something delicious, local and new!
On Friday the 26th from 5pm we will be open and serving Fu Manchu asian fusion street food. Vegan meals, gluten-free and dairy-free options available, with mains, sides, steamed buns, desserts, and kids meals.
On Saturday the 27th from 5pm we will be open and serving Johnnie Nachos; our Mexican inspired alter ego. Also sporting vegan meals, gluten-free and dairy-free options, with its own mains, sides, desserts and kids meals.
We have an online ordering app (for mobiles only) available from our facebook page:
www.facebook.com.... Just click 'shop now' up top of the page. We encourage our customers to place their orders via this app to avoid wait times, and cold weather, but it is not necessary. Lighting, seating and tables, music provided :)

Also, we run a birthday, special events and wedding cake baking business. We make one of a kind, custom cakes and cup cakes for all occasions. For more information go to www.facebook.com...

1619 days ago

Nutrition Coaching

Lee de Jager from

Interested in going low, (carb that is)? a healthy wholefood approach? Want to find what works for you long term?

Let me help coach you through that grey area between the desire to change your nutrition, and having no idea where to begin, to actually doing it, doing it right, and doing it in a … View more
Interested in going low, (carb that is)? a healthy wholefood approach? Want to find what works for you long term?

Let me help coach you through that grey area between the desire to change your nutrition, and having no idea where to begin, to actually doing it, doing it right, and doing it in a way that's as easy as possible. Because hey, this is a lifestyle change and you want to eat stuff that not only agrees with you but is enjoyable, nutritious and doesn't cost a small fortune each week to buy... No hunting for exotic foods or elaborate cooking skills needed :)

Want to know more...
Check me out via the link to UniqueLee U Health Coaching

Lee
Health & Nutrition Coach,

1619 days ago

Something else I have noticed with replies

Gareth from Burwood

Posted a wee message a while back as people were having issues with not being able to reply to messages....
Seems there is another reason you may not be able to reply....

If you have the latest posts emailed to you... clicking on one of these to read more, as the email only shows the first line or… View more
Posted a wee message a while back as people were having issues with not being able to reply to messages....
Seems there is another reason you may not be able to reply....

If you have the latest posts emailed to you... clicking on one of these to read more, as the email only shows the first line or so...
Will open up a web page displaying the thread (as long as the snippers haven't got there first). This is all well and good ,you should be able to reply to posts in that thread without issues (remembering the previous restrictions I discussed).
However it goes wrong from here.... If you scroll down past the thread you originally opened from the email... to a new thread... chances are you wont be able to reply to any messages in the thread with the exception of the original post.
I have no idea if this is by design or a bug... I suspect the later.

Anyway hope this keeps someone from smashing their keyboard..:-)

1619 days ago

Fragrant Soy Candles & Melts.

Gill from North New Brighton

Various sizes and fragrances of soy candles and soy melts (one size) for sale. All candles and Melts have a high scent throw. I have a large selection of designer type fragrances also, such as Angel, Opium Chanel No5 & Flower Bomb. Beautify packaged.
Prices and sizes:
120 mils $10-00.
150 … View more
Various sizes and fragrances of soy candles and soy melts (one size) for sale. All candles and Melts have a high scent throw. I have a large selection of designer type fragrances also, such as Angel, Opium Chanel No5 & Flower Bomb. Beautify packaged.
Prices and sizes:
120 mils $10-00.
150 mils $15-00.
250 mils $20-00.
450 mils $30-00.
10 Soy Melts $15-00.
Prices are as stated and not negotiable.......
I can not leave that section blank?!?!
Pick up is in New Brighton. Please see images for further details.
Thanks Gill.

Negotiable

1625 days ago

New light show for Christchurch

Anna Williams Reporter from The Press

Christchurch will still be lit up this year despite one of the city's most popular festivals being postponed.
Christchurch Is Lit will run from July 1 to 29 from 6pm to 11pm each day and feature more than 20 light creations throughout the city.

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1622 days ago

Foraging on Banks Peninsula

Anna Williams Reporter from The Press

If Peter Langlands needed to, he could eat for free. On an average day, he'd find 50 to 75 edible greens along the foreshore.
Do you forage for food? If so, where are the best spots to forage in Canterbury?

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1620 days ago

Winter energy saving tips

The team from EnergySmart - Christchurch

The weather is noticeably cooler, the nights are drawing in and power bills are slowly increasing.
We have put together a list of tips on how you can keep your home warm and cosy without breaking the bank.

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1620 days ago

Penguin sculptures arrive in Christchurch for new art trail

Anna Williams Reporter from The Press

A waddle of penguins has flown into Christchurch to be decorated by school children and artists and installed on city streets.
The sculptures will be displayed for about 10 weeks across Christchurch before being auctioned off to raise money for Cholmondeley Children's Centre.

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1620 days ago

#AotearoaOfKindness: Mobilising the kindness DNA

Sarah Macdonald from Volunteering New Zealand

Volunteering New Zealand is mobilising the kindness DNA with our new #AotearoaOfKindness campaign for National Volunteer Week!

We're calling on people to share their stories of acts of kindness. We're calling on people to thank those who have shown acts of kindness that contribute to an … View more
Volunteering New Zealand is mobilising the kindness DNA with our new #AotearoaOfKindness campaign for National Volunteer Week!

We're calling on people to share their stories of acts of kindness. We're calling on people to thank those who have shown acts of kindness that contribute to an Aotearoa of Kindness.

Call to action – keep shaping the world we want to live in:

• Look for where kindness, mahi aroha, work for love, has impacted your life.
• Show your thanks to those people giving kindness and mahi aroha through #AotearoaOfKindness.
• Connect or reconnect with a community or a cause that’s important to you through volunteeringnz.org.nz/finding-volunteer-roles.

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1623 days ago

Einstein and how he discovered relativity

Don from Parklands - Marshlands

He was on his second cup of coffee and bemusing the energy he experienced, he astutely wrote on his chalkboard ENERGY = milk + coffee + coffee
or as it came to be known energy = mc squared.

1621 days ago

Poll: How do you fold your towels?

Jo Haywood Reporter from Homed

Hey neighbours, is there a right way to fold towels? It seems it's a topic lots of people have strong opinions about.

The most popular options are the quick-and-easy triple fold, or folding the outer edges towards the centre before folding in thirds, to create a plusher, more spa-like look. … View more
Hey neighbours, is there a right way to fold towels? It seems it's a topic lots of people have strong opinions about.

The most popular options are the quick-and-easy triple fold, or folding the outer edges towards the centre before folding in thirds, to create a plusher, more spa-like look. But what do you do? And who knew folding towels could be so controversial?

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How do you fold your towels?
  • 34.4% Basic - Fold in half three times
    34.4% Complete
  • 39.9% Plush - Fold towards the centre, then in thirds
    39.9% Complete
  • 16.4% Rolled - No folds allowed
    16.4% Complete
  • 9.4% None of the above
    9.4% Complete
1515 votes
1621 days ago

It's National Volunteer Week!

Sarah Macdonald from Volunteering New Zealand

National Volunteer Week honours the collective energies and mana of volunteers in Aotearoa. They grow our people, open minds, open hearts and create joy.

National Volunteer Week 2020 runs from June 21-27. This year’s theme is ‘Te Hua o te Mahi Tahi I The benefit of working together’. 

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National Volunteer Week honours the collective energies and mana of volunteers in Aotearoa. They grow our people, open minds, open hearts and create joy.

National Volunteer Week 2020 runs from June 21-27. This year’s theme is ‘Te Hua o te Mahi Tahi I The benefit of working together’. 

Join us this National Volunteer Week to celebrate how our communities are stronger when working together.

#NVW2020 #mahitahi #teamwork #tautoko #support #volunteers #thankyou #AotearoaOfKindness

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1622 days ago

Nutrimetics Sale - up to 70% off

Jordana Cook from Jordy's Nutrimetics Page

Offers available until Wednesday, message my to order or shop direct from my website: www.nutrimetics.co.nz...

1622 days ago

Have you got an indoor jungle? You could be a Houseplant Hero!

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Got an urban jungle in right in your own home? Can't stop with the hoyas? Friends claim you're addicted to indoor plants? Send us photos! The winner of our Houseplant Hero 2020 competition will receive $500 worth of Yates products and $300 of Kings Plant Barn vouchers. Two runners-up will… View moreGot an urban jungle in right in your own home? Can't stop with the hoyas? Friends claim you're addicted to indoor plants? Send us photos! The winner of our Houseplant Hero 2020 competition will receive $500 worth of Yates products and $300 of Kings Plant Barn vouchers. Two runners-up will get $250 worth of Yates products and $150 of Kings Plant Barn vouchers. Here's how to enter the competition.

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