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Hello neighbours!! We have some awesome bookmarks designed by an awesome volunteer, and we'd love to pop some in your local Little Library - right across the Waikato Region... Can you let us know where they are? Thanks muchly!!
Kiwi Can can go beyond a students time at Primary School 💚
Check out what Head of Memberships at Diversity Works NZ, Ola Ioane has to say about his experience with Kiwi Can!
"I have a deeply personal connection to Graeme Dingle Foundation as I was blessed to be a child in your youth … View moreKiwi Can can go beyond a students time at Primary School 💚
Check out what Head of Memberships at Diversity Works NZ, Ola Ioane has to say about his experience with Kiwi Can!
"I have a deeply personal connection to Graeme Dingle Foundation as I was blessed to be a child in your youth development programmes many years ago. For this, I extend a massive fa’afetai lava (thank you!). Will always be super grateful for the learning and development from your programme. I was part of Kiwi Can through Koru School. My Kiwi Can Leader was an awesome human named Ina (I think that’s his name). Funny – I don’t remember much about primary school but I definitely remember our Kiwi Can sessions."
Ola Ioane, Diversity Works NZ
GrandFriends NZ are looking for a fantastic volunteer to help us match our member families with our GrandFriends in the Nelson area. Could this be you?
Perhaps you are semi-retired or simply have a few spare hours a week and would like to give back to you local community? We'd love to speak … View moreGrandFriends NZ are looking for a fantastic volunteer to help us match our member families with our GrandFriends in the Nelson area. Could this be you?
Perhaps you are semi-retired or simply have a few spare hours a week and would like to give back to you local community? We'd love to speak to you.
Further details are available on the link, so please either email us on recruitment@grandfriends.nz to apply or via the link below.
I love our way of life...
I started dieting when I was 12 years old. I wasn’t overweight but I felt pudgy and I wanted a new boy at school to like me. Somehow, I obtained a calorie counting book and quickly memorized it. Each day, I tried hard to reach my goal of eating a certain number of … View moreI love our way of life...
I started dieting when I was 12 years old. I wasn’t overweight but I felt pudgy and I wanted a new boy at school to like me. Somehow, I obtained a calorie counting book and quickly memorized it. Each day, I tried hard to reach my goal of eating a certain number of calories. It was well below what I needed to eat as a growing child, but I didn’t see it that way at the time. I just wanted to get rid of my squishy stomach and eat a little less. Thus began a powerful obsession with being thin and trying to control my eating. But I also couldn’t see that at the time. I didn’t realize how much mental energy and time I spent thinking about what I was eating, when, and how much, or how inadequate I felt for not being perfect or thin enough.
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.
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If you like the idea of trying your hand at pottery, now is a good time. We have new classes beginning next week, most suitable for beginners.
Classes include:
- After school children's class (8 weeks on Tuesday afternoons)
- Wheel throwing (Tuesday mornings/ Sunday afternoons)
- … View moreIf you like the idea of trying your hand at pottery, now is a good time. We have new classes beginning next week, most suitable for beginners.
Classes include:
- After school children's class (8 weeks on Tuesday afternoons)
- Wheel throwing (Tuesday mornings/ Sunday afternoons)
- Handbuilding (Thursday evenings)
- Mixed techniques (Thursday mornings, afternoons/ Friday evenings)
For a full list of current classes and workshops see www.eventspronto.co.nz...
The Waikato Society of Potters is a thriving arts space in Hamilton with members from across the Waikato region. Our aim is to support and highlight pottery, sculpture and all things ceramic, with a rich history spanning nearly fifty years. As a respected ceramic teaching centre in Hamilton, New Zealand, we offer range of classes to suit all abilities, from beginners through to Diploma level.
Did you know that by feeding IDP® to your skin microbiome through Epiology, you’re promoting the good bacteria and minimising the bad? This helps tip the balance towards healthier skin. You can read more in our latest blog:
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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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