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NEW GARDEN PARTY added to Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour 7-8 November

The Team from Destination Wairarapa

The 2020 Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour is on 7-8 November.- This is a top weekend for garden lovers and now JUST ANNOUNCED is a NEW addition to that weekend:
Rose & Smith at Tauherenikau presents The Pūkaha Garden Party. This is being held on Sunday, 8 November 3:30om - 7pm. Head to Rose & Smith at Tauherenikau after your day on the Pūkaha Garden Tour, or if you are simply looking for a lovely afternoon treat on the Rose & Smith Lawn.

Ticket are $40 and include Antipasto, Lighthouse G&T and Matahiwi Blanc De Blanc. Nature inspired treats will be on offer to purchase from local makers and growers and there'll be live entertainment. Buy your ticket for the Rose & Smith Garden Party here. www.eventbrite.co.nz...

Here's all about the Pūkaha Wairarapa Garden Tour:

The 2020 tour showcases gardens in South Wairarapa – taking in the towns of Featherston, Martinborough, Greytown, Carterton and Gladstone. Your ticket provides entry into more than a dozen private gardens: Six of the gardens are new to Pūkaha’s Wairarapa Garden Tour. Several of these have never opened to the public before.
The 2020 tour will showcase rural native plantings, flourishing edibles, smart designs for urban spaces, flowers galore, sustainable gardens, subtropical delights plus mighty remnant regenerating forests.

- Gardens open from 9.30am-4.30pm each day. -• The tour is self-drive – set your own route: pick and choose your gardens according to what tickles your gardening fancy.
• Tickets and info available online wairarapagardentour.co.nz...

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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?

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Poll: Are you still heading to your local for your caffeine fix, or has the $$ changed your habits? ☕

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Wellington’s identity is built on its cafe culture, but with costs climbing, that culture is under pressure. We’ve seen the headlines about recent closures, and it’s a tough pill to swallow along with a $6+ coffee.

We all want our favourite spots to stay open, but we also have to balance our own budgets ⚖️

We want to know: How are you handling the "coffee math" in 2026? Are you still heading to your local for a chat and a caffeine fix, or has the cost of living changed your habits?

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Are you still heading to your local for your caffeine fix, or has the $$ changed your habits? ☕
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