Summer events on tomorrow - Saturday 10 February
If you're looking for something to keep your tamariki entertained this Saturday, we've got you covered with two of our popular summer events back for 2024. 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
🐲 Lunar New Year Celebration at Paraparaumu Library – 10 February, 10.30am–2pm
Join our Kāpiti Coast District Libraries team at this FREE, whānau-friendly event, with arts and crafts, live music, and a chance to learn more about Lunar New Year traditions. They'll also be hosting a dragon parade and dance from Coastlands Shoppingtown over to the library.
💦 Back to School Water Fight at Waikanae Pools – 10 February, 1–4pm
Bring your own water pistols or use our bucket filled with wet sponges and take on your family and friends, our lifeguards, and event staff! Usual pool charges apply.
To find out more about these events, and other ways you can experience Kāpiti this summer, visit www.kapitisummer.nz...
Best way to use leftovers?
I'm sure you've got some excess ham at home or cold roast potatoes.
What are some of your favourite ways to use leftover food from Christmas day? Share below.
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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62.4% Summer
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36.2% Winter
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1.4% Other - I'll share below
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