Real NZ survey: Rural New Zealand feels forgotten as leaders vie for city votes
ARE POLITICIANS LISTENING – OR JUST TALKING?
Whangarei local Cherry Daly has been underwhelmed by the main parties' responses to her friends' and neighbours' concerns. She's attended candidate meetings and doesn't believe they understand the issues particular to her town. Gangs and P, she says, are the big ones. If the government addressed those, it would solve the downstream issues of housing, poverty and truancy.
"It's almost like the candidates are fighting the battles in the big cities and the regional areas are being overlooked."
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Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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