THE CAMEO ROOMS IN MAHARA PLACE WAIKANAE THIS WEEK........
Come along if you are keen to be part of a new discussion group at 1030am on Monday - the time might change but come along if you can; there are an awful lot of things to put right in the world!!
Puis, nous avons French lessons on Monday at 11.00am, and our Words group (all things literary) on Tuesday at 1.00pm after our JP visit from 1030am till noon, then Rummikub on Wednesday at 1.00pm, and our ever-more-talented musicians Rick and friends playing on Thursday at 1.00pm. (Line dancing is next Friday, the third Friday of the month.)
Do come along - Cameo is a place where you can laugh and chat to each other and the hosts and meet such interesting people (Albert and his dear little Jack Russell, Barney, on Wednesday) -
Have a lovely weekend :)
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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