200L water tanks available on Saturday 14 September
This is your invitation to buy a hot sausage outside Churton Park New World on Saturday 14 September, 11am to 1pm. Northern Ward city councillors will be cooking sausages and selling 200L emergency water tanks at the same time.
Pre-order and pre-pay if you’d like us to reserve a water tank for you. $115 each. Email malcolm.sparrow@wcc.govt.nz to order. $10 from each water tank sale (and sausage proceeds) will be donated to a local community group.
We made a ‘profit’ of $274 selling water tanks and sausages outside Newlands New World in mid-August. This was directed to Paparangi Scouts, St Brigids School ($30), Bellevue School ($20) and the Newlands Food Bank, amongst others.
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Poll: Are our Kiwi summer holidays helping us recharge, or holding the economy back? ☀️🥝
There’s growing debate about whether New Zealand’s extended Christmas break (and the slowdown that comes with it) affects productivity.
Tracy Watkins has weighed in ... now it’s your turn. What’s your take? 🤔
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71.9% We work hard, we deserve a break!
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16.3% Hmm, maybe?
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11.7% Yes!
Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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