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Most of us have had a wasp or bee sting at some time in our life.
A bee will only sting if it, or the hive is threatened. Unfortunately there is little you can do to treat a bee sting other than ensuring the stinger is removed and a ice pack applied. Putting on lotions, or other remedies will only… View moreMost of us have had a wasp or bee sting at some time in our life.
A bee will only sting if it, or the hive is threatened. Unfortunately there is little you can do to treat a bee sting other than ensuring the stinger is removed and a ice pack applied. Putting on lotions, or other remedies will only provide topical relief as you cannot neutralize the poison that is already inside.
As you can see by the photo comparing a bee stinger with a needle the stinger is very sharp and very tiny. The stinger is barbed and will work its way into the skin injecting the venom at the same time, however that is the end of the bee as the stinger cannot be extracted and the bee will rip its stinger out of its abdomen.
The wasp stinger is not barbed and it can sting multiple times. The second photo is of a wasp stinger and the third is what the poor bee leaves behind.
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Age Concern Wellington Region needs volunteers around the Wellington Region for the Companion Walking Service. If you have a little spare time during the day and a heart for seniors, please call 04 499 6654 or email cws@acwellington.org.nz
A belated Feathered Friend. The pic this week is from Kelson based photographer Andrew Gorrie who particularly enjoys photographing tūī.
Ever wondered where the sweetest places to live in Aotearoa are?
Stuff’s Homed team has done some serious crunching of 14 data points to crown the seven best spots for 2021.
Congratulations to Addington, Christchurch which took out the overall sweetest spot!
You can check out the full… View moreEver wondered where the sweetest places to live in Aotearoa are?
Stuff’s Homed team has done some serious crunching of 14 data points to crown the seven best spots for 2021.
Congratulations to Addington, Christchurch which took out the overall sweetest spot!
You can check out the full list of winning suburbs in the Sweet Spots section on Stuff. There’s also an interactive tool that you can tinker with to find your perfect place, based on the criteria that matter to you.
Who knows, you might be inspired to make a change.
The Porirua City Council wants to increase rates by 8 percent a year for the next three years so it can invest in critically-needed infrastructure, joining other local authorities in the region looking to reverse years of chronic under investment.
The council is also considering installing water … View moreThe Porirua City Council wants to increase rates by 8 percent a year for the next three years so it can invest in critically-needed infrastructure, joining other local authorities in the region looking to reverse years of chronic under investment.
The council is also considering installing water meters to encourage conservation and selling social housing to help fund the investment in pipes. The ideas are among those in the council’s draft Long Term Plan, which is out for consultation until the end of April.
What do you support water meters.
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Mary Potter Hospice is excited to have built Te Whare Rānui , our new community Hospice base in Rānui Heights, Porirua. We’ve raised $1,064,688, and the main work has been completed. But we need your donations to raise another $100,000 so we can finish the fit-out of this base.
The … View moreMary Potter Hospice is excited to have built Te Whare Rānui , our new community Hospice base in Rānui Heights, Porirua. We’ve raised $1,064,688, and the main work has been completed. But we need your donations to raise another $100,000 so we can finish the fit-out of this base.
The development of Te Whare Rānui means we’ll be able to meet the needs of people in this community facing a terminal illness. While raising this money is a big challenge, we know how generous the Porirua community has been for Mary Potter Hospice in the past. Please contribute what you can to support Mary Potter Hospice and our work in your community – every donation counts, and we are grateful for all your gifts.
Voices in the Wind, the enthusiastic choir from Porirua, open the choral season with Songs to Make You Smile! This is a fantastically funny programme filled with a variety of humourous songs through the ages, capped off with John Rutter’s magnificent The Reluctant Dragon. Classical, Jazz, … View moreVoices in the Wind, the enthusiastic choir from Porirua, open the choral season with Songs to Make You Smile! This is a fantastically funny programme filled with a variety of humourous songs through the ages, capped off with John Rutter’s magnificent The Reluctant Dragon. Classical, Jazz, Broadway Show tunes and even some very Kiwiana humour will be on display.
Friday 16 April at 7:30 pm, at St Mark’s Church in Lower Hutt
and again on Sunday 18 April at 3:00 pm, at St Barnabas Church in Mana (Plimmerton)
See the attached poster for details. We will love to see you there – but be warned, you might get hurt from the laughter! 😂
Dr. Russ Ballard has a CV of some weight, having been a scientist, senior public servant, and Chancellor of Massey University. He is also a member and past President of the Rotary Club of Wellington.
Last evening he came to talk to the club (and numerous visitors) about the Peace, Remembrance, and… View moreDr. Russ Ballard has a CV of some weight, having been a scientist, senior public servant, and Chancellor of Massey University. He is also a member and past President of the Rotary Club of Wellington.
Last evening he came to talk to the club (and numerous visitors) about the Peace, Remembrance, and Community Forests Trust.
As part of its centenary celebrations, Wellington Rotary decided to start three projects, one of which was the planting of 200,000 trees, which would fit nicely with the government’s ‘billion trees’ employment and climate change initiative. This has since been given further impetus by the report of the Climate Change Commission.
To make it happen, the Peace, Remembrance and Community Forests Trust was formed and Dr. Ballard was appointed chair. The Ministry for Primary Industries gave a project-scoping grant of $70,000 and then a full grant of $1.4M which takes the project through to May 2022. This will enough to reach the target of 200,000 trees planted, and probably many more.
The Trust works with partner organisations throughout the country and has contracted Conservation Volunteers NZ to manage the various sub-projects.
Russ took us through some of the complexities of the project, including the contractual and financial issues. In-kind contributions must be at least 50% of total costs, under the agreement with MPI. It costs about $16 to plant a native tree, to which MPI contributes $6.80 and partners $7.00-9.00. Volunteer labour is assessed at $22 per hour.
Carbon Credits are payable to the Trust at $3.50 per hectare planted, per annum, and will be on-sold to provide funds for more plantings.
This project is a fine example of an initiative exploiting the various skills available within Rotary, with many clubs involved throughout the country. Our own Taupo Swamp/Plimmerton Domain planting and conservation project will contribute 10,000 trees to the total, assisted by the City Council who are providing the young trees at cost.
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Join celebrated New Zealand tenor, Geoff Sewell from Amici Forever, with special guests, Grammy Award winning opera star, bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu, tenor Cameron Barclay from the Ten Tenors, and one of New Zealand's most celebrated pianists, Carl Doy in a special evening of … View moreJoin celebrated New Zealand tenor, Geoff Sewell from Amici Forever, with special guests, Grammy Award winning opera star, bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu, tenor Cameron Barclay from the Ten Tenors, and one of New Zealand's most celebrated pianists, Carl Doy in a special evening of world-class classical crossover entertainment touring through New Zealand this May.
An unmissable concert with four of New Zealand’s finest internationally successful artists coming together to showcase their talents.
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