8 reasons to start beekeeping
1. Honey: Honey is sweet and delicious, and raw honey contains powerful antioxidants, vitamins and enzymes.
2. Pollination: Flowers, fruit trees, and crops in your neighborhood won’t grow without pollination, so help them thrive by providing natural pollinators.
3. Learning Experience: Many things can be learned from bees, and observing the bees comb building, honey making, or egg laying can be fascinating.
4. Inexpensive Hobby: Once you’ve spent the initial investment on beekeeping materials and protective clothing, all that’s needed is your time.
5. Help Stop Colony Collapse Disorder: Due to the effects of colony collapse disorder (CCD), bees are disappearing. So raising bees and nurturing them helps to increase their numbers.
6. Stress Relief: Watching your bees’ activities or working with them can help you keep focused and your mind off other things.
7. Beeswax: Beeswax is a by-product of hives and makes great candles, lip balm, wood polish, and more.
8. Health: Honey has antiseptic and antibacterial properties and the acidity in honey keeps bacteria from growing.
To find out more, or to start beekeeping click here.
Northland Pasifika Fusion Festival 2026! This Saturday
🌺 Northland Pasifika Fusion Festival 2026! - A vibrant celebration of Tagata Moana culture, unity, and pride! 🌺
📅Saturday, 07 March 2026 | ⏰10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
📍Kensington Sports Park, Whangārei.
🌴 What You Can Look Forward To:
•Cultural performances from across the Pacific Islands
• Delicious Pacific cuisine
• Island performances, live music and dance
• Youth activities
• Free Healthcare checks
• Local arts and crafts
• A strong focus on community, connection, health and wellbeing
✨Theme for 2026: “Nurturing Our Cultural Roots, by Strengthening Our Health,”
Organised by FALE Pasifika, alongside local schools, churches and community groups.
👉For more info: www.wdc.govt.nz......
Fakafetai, Vinaka vaka levu, Meitaki atupaka, Malo ‘aupito, Fakaaue lahi, Fa’afetai tele lava - we can’t wait to see you all at Kensington!
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Poll: If we want to reduce speeding, what do you think actually changes driver behaviour? 🛻🚨🚓
In the Post's article on speeding penalties, the question is asked whether speeding fines are truly about road safety, or are they just a way to boost revenue for the Crown?
What do you think? Should speeding motorists receive speeding fines or demerit points?
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38.2% The sting of a fine (Money talks!)
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61.8% The threat of demerit points (Nobody wants to lose their license!)
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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