2998 days ago

Crochet Crew's Kiwiana Pavlova Tree at the Meteor

Alison from Frankton

Those crocheters have been at it again over the last 6 weeks and have created a frothy pavlova christmas tree as an entry in the Trees at the Meteor show in Hamilton. About 14 of the Crochet Crew were involved in making either lilies or waffle shaped pieces to create the white base, and black lacy decorations with a multitude of Kiwiana icons like cockroaches, kia ora, fences, wooden clothespegs, black sun umbrelas attached, not to mention the eruption of putiputi (woven flax flowers)as a volcanic topknot! Trees at the Meteor is open from 7pm - 10pm, 14 -19 December, there is an admittance charge.

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2 days 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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1 day ago

Mayor’s use of poo emoji costs ratepayers over $4k

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

South Waikato mayor Gary Petley will make a public apology, and has sworn off social media after admitting he got it wrong when an online dispute turned sour.

A code of conduct complaint was made by Putāruru ward councillor Zed Latinovic in January after Petley reacted to comments made about council expenditure on Facebook by using the ‘poo emoji’.

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3 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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