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Applications are now open to Auckland Grammar School’s boarding hostel, Tibbs House, for 2023. Founded in 1962, Tibbs House provides accommodation, study and recreational facilities for 120 boarders. Boarders are supported by eight full time Masters who offer a wide range of teaching subjects and… View moreApplications are now open to Auckland Grammar School’s boarding hostel, Tibbs House, for 2023. Founded in 1962, Tibbs House provides accommodation, study and recreational facilities for 120 boarders. Boarders are supported by eight full time Masters who offer a wide range of teaching subjects and activities, as well as nightly study guidance.
Boarding Scholarships are also available. Apply now.
To apply, visit our website to download an application form. Alternatively, contact the Director of Boarding, Mr Frank Haszard at f.haszard@ags.school.nz.
Fast fashion is leading to a mountain of clothing being thrown away each year and has a huge impact on the environment, so can we turn our unwanted garments into something useful?
Open your wardrobe and be honest. How long was it since you last wore some of those clothes? Do you think it might … View moreFast fashion is leading to a mountain of clothing being thrown away each year and has a huge impact on the environment, so can we turn our unwanted garments into something useful?
Open your wardrobe and be honest. How long was it since you last wore some of those clothes? Do you think it might be time for a clear out?
Languishing in the back of cupboards and bottom of drawers are outfits that don’t fit any more, items that have gone out of fashion, or even clothes that have never been worn. In fact, according to research conducted by sociologist Sophie Woodward at the University of Manchester, on average 12% of clothes in the wardrobes of women she studied could be considered “inactive”.
If you were brutal, you’ll probably manage to fill a bin-bag or two with clothes you no longer want or need. But what then?
Around 85% of all textiles thrown away in the US – roughly 13 million tonnes in 2017 – are either dumped into landfill or burned. The average American has been estimated to throw away around 37kg of clothes every year. And globally, an estimated 92 million tonnes of textiles waste is created each year and the equivalent to a rubbish truck full of clothes ends up on landfill sites every second. By 2030, we are expected as a whole to be discarding more than 134 million tonnes of textiles a year.
Millions of tonnes of clothing, shoes and other textiles end up in landfill every year because very little is sent for recycling.
“The current fashion system uses high volumes of non-renewable resources, including petroleum, extracted to produce clothes that are often used only for a short period of time, after which the materials are largely lost to landfill or incineration,” says Chetna Prajapati, who studies ways of making sustainable textiles at Loughborough University in the UK.
“This system puts pressure on valuable resources such as water, pollutes the environment and degrades ecosystems in addition to creating societal impacts on a global scale.”
There are good reasons to seek out alternatives to chucking clothes in the bin – globally the fashion industry is responsible for 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions, with textile production alone is estimated to release 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year. Vast amounts of water are also needed to produce the clothes we wear too and the fashion industry is responsible for 20% of global waste water. (Read more about the impact our fashion addiction has on the planet.)
At the same time we are buying more clothes than ever – the average consumer now buys 60% more clothing than they did 15 years ago. More than two tonnes of clothing are bought each minute in the UK, more than any other country in Europe. Globally, around 56 million tonnes of clothing are bought each year, and this is expected to rise to 93 million tonnes by 2030 and 160 million tonnes by 2050.
Globally just 12% of the material used for clothing ends up being recycled.
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LIC's heat detection patches can improve accuracy as you lead into AI and help you identify more cows in heat. Set yourself up for success early and check one job off the list ahead of time - you'll thank yourself later.
Talk to your Agri Manager about ordering heat detection patches … View moreLIC's heat detection patches can improve accuracy as you lead into AI and help you identify more cows in heat. Set yourself up for success early and check one job off the list ahead of time - you'll thank yourself later.
Talk to your Agri Manager about ordering heat detection patches early for your herd or buy direct via the LIC Online Shop.
Beautiful 💕 cuties 💓 we have 2 boys and 1 girl, all grown really well, absolutely beautiful cuddly natures, really playful bundles of fluffy, raised in very busy family home, used to dogs and alsorts going on. Love sleeping in bed with you.
They have all been defleaed wormed and had … View moreBeautiful 💕 cuties 💓 we have 2 boys and 1 girl, all grown really well, absolutely beautiful cuddly natures, really playful bundles of fluffy, raised in very busy family home, used to dogs and alsorts going on. Love sleeping in bed with you.
They have all been defleaed wormed and had first Vaccanation They are in Ohaupo to meet them.
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Professional, small and large pets welcome
Adorable dog grooming
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Small to medium pets
$50 full groom.
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Easter Crafts
Come into the Museum for the first week of the holidays and do a fun Easter Egg Hunt and some Easter crafts!
Available April 16 - 22
ANZAC Crafts
Come into the Museum for the second week of the holidays and make some ANZAC poppies and wreaths to display in our foyer.
Available … View moreEaster Crafts
Come into the Museum for the first week of the holidays and do a fun Easter Egg Hunt and some Easter crafts!
Available April 16 - 22
ANZAC Crafts
Come into the Museum for the second week of the holidays and make some ANZAC poppies and wreaths to display in our foyer.
Available April 23 - 30
Free, drop-in style
Activities available from:10.30am - 3.30pm Mon - Fri, 10.30am - 1.30pm Sat. Closed Sundays
Kōkako - Back from the Brink
Highlighting the work of the Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society as they reintroduce the Kōkako to Pirongia.
Family-friendly activities designed to make learning all about this iconic bird lots of fun.
FREE, drop in style of activities. March - April … View moreKōkako - Back from the Brink
Highlighting the work of the Pirongia Te Aroaro o Kahu Restoration Society as they reintroduce the Kōkako to Pirongia.
Family-friendly activities designed to make learning all about this iconic bird lots of fun.
FREE, drop in style of activities. March - April 2022
Create one-of-a-kind artwork that’s inexpensive, eye-catching and easily made with simple shapes painted with Resene paints.
Find out how to create your own.
The affordability of everyday items just keeps increasing! If it’s not the petrol prices, it’s the cost of food, rent or the mortgage and let’s not get started on the kids.
There’s one cost you can control! The household power and broadband bills. Read our top 5 reasons how comparing … View moreThe affordability of everyday items just keeps increasing! If it’s not the petrol prices, it’s the cost of food, rent or the mortgage and let’s not get started on the kids.
There’s one cost you can control! The household power and broadband bills. Read our top 5 reasons how comparing them, will help your household save money!
Kiwis don’t like switching much; we get worried or just fed up trying to make more hard decisions. It’s easy as though, we’ll help!
Our service is free, we’re Kiwis helping Kiwis compare what’s out there across Power, Broadband, and Money.
I know there's a timber shortage, but where can we get these?
- 65 of 150 x 19 x 1800mm fence paling
- 50 of 150 x 19 x 1200mm fence paling
- 4 of 150 x 50 x 6000mm rough sawn rail
- 3 of 150 x 50 x 4800mm rough sawn rail
Solve the world’s food and fibre challenges with your idea! Fieldays Innovation Awards is now accepting applications.
The total prize package is over $60,000 worth of cash, services, and products with tailored opportunities to progress innovations in each award category.
Entries for the … View moreSolve the world’s food and fibre challenges with your idea! Fieldays Innovation Awards is now accepting applications.
The total prize package is over $60,000 worth of cash, services, and products with tailored opportunities to progress innovations in each award category.
Entries for the awards are open now until 1 May 2022. Apply now!
Enjoy a 9-day dream touring experience for two across the South Island. T's and C's apply.
Solid Glass table 150 x 80 great condition, brought from Freedom Furniture $100 ono
Help Resene raise awareness for Epilepsy NZ. Buy any purple testpot during March and Resene will donate $1 to Epilepsy NZ. Offer applies to all Resene purple 60 mL testpots (excludes metallic and wood stains) purchased by retail customers between 1-31 March 2022 at Resene owned ColorShops NZ.
To… View moreHelp Resene raise awareness for Epilepsy NZ. Buy any purple testpot during March and Resene will donate $1 to Epilepsy NZ. Offer applies to all Resene purple 60 mL testpots (excludes metallic and wood stains) purchased by retail customers between 1-31 March 2022 at Resene owned ColorShops NZ.
To find your nearest Resene ColorShop, click here. To find out more about Epilepsy NZ and how you can help, visit the Epilepsy NZ website. Happy purple painting!
Approx 52,000 km's. 2 new tyres & 2 near new. Brake pads new, Rego to June , new WOF , cruise control, front and back sensors, like new inside. Ph 027 388 7665.
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