Meet the team!
Our founder is Carolyn Oakley-Brown who has spent her entire career working in community healthcare. As a pharmacist in Christchurch for over 35 years, Carolyn runs the Oakley-Brown Pharmacy Group which owns 6 pharmacies throughout the city. Carolyn has strategically improved outside relationships with other local and national health care practitioners and the CDHB funding provider. Although Carolyn recently stood down from several National Health Boards, she was made a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of NZ in recognition of significant and outstanding contribution to the advancement of the practice of Pharmacy in NZ.
Having a particular passion for community health, Carolyn has been working on making pulse wave analysis screenings available in New Zealand for the last 2 years and is very excited to be able to offer this innovative service in her own pharmacies.
Live Q&A: Garden maintenance with Crewcut
This Wednesday, we're having another Neighbourly Q&A session. This time with John Bracewell from Crewcut.
John Bracewell, former Black Caps coach turned Franchisee Development Manager and currently the face of Crewcut’s #Movember campaign, knows a thing or two about keeping the grass looking sharp—whether it’s on a cricket pitch or in your backyard!
As a seasoned Crewcut franchisee, John is excited to answer your lawn and gardening questions. After years of perfecting the greens on the field, he's ready to share tips on how to knock your garden out of the park. Let's just say he’s as passionate about lush lawns as he is about a good game of cricket!
John is happy to answer questions about lawn mowing, tree/hedge trimming, tidying your garden, ride on mowing, you name it! He'll be online on Wednesday, 27th of November to answer them all.
Share your question below now ⬇️
What's your favourite recipe for courgettes?
Kia ora neighbours. If you've got a family recipe for courgettes, we'd love to see it and maybe publish it in our magazine. Send your recipe to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, and if we use it in the mag, you will receive a free copy of our January 2025 issue.
Poll: When should the tree go up? 🎄
From what we've heard, some Christmas trees are already being assembled and decorated.
What are your thoughts on the best time to get your Christmas tree up?
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4.7% Second half of November
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43.9% 1st December
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17.7% A week before Christmas
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32.6% Whenever you wish
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1.1% Other - I'll share below