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Hi everyone, are there any suggestions please for a nice café that has a reasonably priced lunch menu? Any suggestions from places you have been to are appreciated. Many thanks. 😊
Recreate a Kiwiana classic using butterflise and Resene testpots.
Find out how to create your own.
At Caci we love what we do! Helping New Zealanders with what we call 'skin confidence'. Now is your chance to join the team, become a Caci Levin owner and enjoy the benefits of being part of a successful New Zealand business.
With more than 64% of our clinics achieving sales in excess … View moreAt Caci we love what we do! Helping New Zealanders with what we call 'skin confidence'. Now is your chance to join the team, become a Caci Levin owner and enjoy the benefits of being part of a successful New Zealand business.
With more than 64% of our clinics achieving sales in excess of $1 million annually—our proven business model and ongoing support package will align you for success.
Register your interest now to attend our meet and greet event in Levin!
Hi Neighbours, back to school has thrown your routine into chaos? HelloFresh has dinner sorted for you. With our +20 quick and easy recipes (covering a range of dietary needs with new ones added every week!), dinner time will become a delicious breeze🌿
With no lock-in contracts, you can … View moreHi Neighbours, back to school has thrown your routine into chaos? HelloFresh has dinner sorted for you. With our +20 quick and easy recipes (covering a range of dietary needs with new ones added every week!), dinner time will become a delicious breeze🌿
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Sign up today and get up to $100 off across your first 4 boxes with code “NEIGHBOUR”. All you need to do is cook!
NEXT MEETING 1st AUGUST @10.30am, THOMPSON HOUSE, 4 KENT STREET, LEVIN
We are pleased to welcome our mediums Michael Steffensen and Annette Rundle from Paraparaumu.
Come along to be a part of the lovely energies of our Centre and you may even receive a clairvoyant message from our mediums.
We … View moreNEXT MEETING 1st AUGUST @10.30am, THOMPSON HOUSE, 4 KENT STREET, LEVIN
We are pleased to welcome our mediums Michael Steffensen and Annette Rundle from Paraparaumu.
Come along to be a part of the lovely energies of our Centre and you may even receive a clairvoyant message from our mediums.
We look forward to welcoming you to our meeting. Join in our healing circle and stay for a cuppa and a chat following the meeting. There will be a $1 raffle that will be drawn on the day.
Everyone is welcome. Gold coin donation appreciated. See you on Sunday.
Enquiries phone Sue 0210701585
would anyone please have these books for sale/free?
* Berk, L. D. (2013). child development (9th ed.). Boston, MA; London, England: Allyn Bacon/Pearson.
* Drewery, W., & Claiborne, L. (eds.). (2014) Human development: family, place, culture (2nd ed.). North Ryde, Australia: McGraw-Hill … View morewould anyone please have these books for sale/free?
* Berk, L. D. (2013). child development (9th ed.). Boston, MA; London, England: Allyn Bacon/Pearson.
* Drewery, W., & Claiborne, L. (eds.). (2014) Human development: family, place, culture (2nd ed.). North Ryde, Australia: McGraw-Hill Australia.
Are you aged 60+? If so, go to BookMyVaccine.nz now to reserve your spot to get the COVID-19 vaccination.
You can be vaccinated at any point from now – there’s no cut off.
Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect you and your whānau from COVID-19.
The stronger our immunity, the … View moreAre you aged 60+? If so, go to BookMyVaccine.nz now to reserve your spot to get the COVID-19 vaccination.
You can be vaccinated at any point from now – there’s no cut off.
Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect you and your whānau from COVID-19.
The stronger our immunity, the greater our possibilities.
We may be an official partner of the New Zealand Olympic Team, but within our villages it’s residents who are chasing Olympic glory.
So many Ryman residents have passions and pastimes that they continue to thrive at within our villages. Therefore, creating an event like Olympics@RYMAN is a prime… View moreWe may be an official partner of the New Zealand Olympic Team, but within our villages it’s residents who are chasing Olympic glory.
So many Ryman residents have passions and pastimes that they continue to thrive at within our villages. Therefore, creating an event like Olympics@RYMAN is a prime example of how we pioneer the way for our residents.
Events include swimming, bowls, cycling, relay walking and Quiznastics. To up the ante, we’ve incorporated technology solutions to enhance events and to enable residents to connect with all 41 Ryman villages, including those across the Tasman, while they compete!
Knowing how to make rope was once a critical skill for survival and self-sufficiency on the frontier. Early settlers were able to make rope from a variety of materials, but the main thing they used was hemp.
A rapid growing plant, hemp is perfect for making rope. Hemp grows fast. It produces up … View moreKnowing how to make rope was once a critical skill for survival and self-sufficiency on the frontier. Early settlers were able to make rope from a variety of materials, but the main thing they used was hemp.
A rapid growing plant, hemp is perfect for making rope. Hemp grows fast. It produces up to 75 tons of dry matter per acre per year. It thrives in poor soil, needs no fertilizers or pesticides to succeed, and gobbles up atmospheric CO2, stymieing the greenhouse effect. It produces more fibre per pound than either cotton or flax, and these fibres are easily extracted in order to make hemp rope, twine, or cord.
Hemp rope is easy to make. Some methods involve using a rope machine, but fortunately such an investment isn’t necessary to the process. All you really need is some hemp fibre or hemp twine, and a short piece of wooden dowel. Our hemp rope maker, available in our shop, will really streamline the process for you if you plan on making lots of hemp rope.
Step one: Separate the hemp fibres or unwind the hemp yarn and cut into lengths approximately twice as long as the desired length of the rope. Continue cutting until you have a bundle of fibres approximately half the size of the diameter of rope you’d like to make.
Step two: Grab the bundle of fibres and fold it in half, securing the fold by placing a dowel rod through the resultant loop and into the ground. Smooth the fibres of this bundle down by running your hand along the length of the cord.
Step three: Divide the bundle in two, holding half the fibres in your left hand and half the fibres in your right.
Step four: Twist each bundle clockwise until the cord you are creating begins to kink and loop. Pull as hard as you can while twisting.
Step five: Twist the two cords together, wrapping one over the other in a counter clockwise motion, to form a rope.
Step six: Secure the ends with overhand knots beginning with the end in your hands. Once the first end is tightly tied, slip the rope off the dowel rod and tie it as well.
To make a cable, repeat steps 2 through 6 and twist the two ropes together. This process can be repeated as many times as you like, making thicker, stronger cables as you go.
Enjoy making your own hemp rope! This technique can be used to make hemp twine, hemp cord. and hemp yarn as well. It all depends on the size of the fibres you start with. Need some ideas for what to do with your newly made hemp rope? Try using a piece as a clothesline, for air-drying your clothes. Make a hemp leash for your pet, or keep your hemp twine petite for use in jewellery making.
Making rope is a great way to be self-sufficient and eliminate the supply chain requirement. Everything you can make yourself is one less packaged product– in this case, one less coil of synthetic rope– that needs to be manufactured for you. Have fun!
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