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900 days ago

PLANT SALE - 8 OCT - in Te Puna Quarry Park

Elly from Papamoa Beach

The next PLANT SALE of Te Puna Quarry Park will be held on Sunday 8 Oct, 10am-1pm, themed ‘Spring towards Christmas’

With Devonshire tea & Christmas Wreath Making Demo & Order-your-Christmas-tree.

On offer: Garden & indoor plants • Vegetable & flower seedlings • Hedging plants • Succulents • Air plants • Dried flowers • Crafty gifts • Pots • Recycled garden tools • Raffles and more.

Pay cash or online. Proceeds are for maintaining & improving the Park

PLANT DONATIONS will be gratefully received, preferable before 8 Oct, even now! And also on the day of the plant sale. Please contact Ruth (021-254 3392) or email tepunaquarrypark@gmail.com. For Papamoa and surrounding suburbs the best contact is Elly (027-3718720). Thank you!!

You can already pre-order your real CHRISTMAS TREE (10 available). Buy a voucher of $30 from Quarry Park now; go to the Christmas Tree Farm in Te Puna soonish to select your tree; go back again in December to harvest your chosen tree. Best contact for this is to send an email to: tepunaquarrypark@gmail.com

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1 day ago

Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!

William Hansby Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.

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5 days ago

Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑

Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.

We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?

Want to read more? The Press has you covered!

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🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
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20 days ago

Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!

Mei Leng Wong Reporter from NZ Gardener & Get Growing

Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.

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